Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
2. Contradiction
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
3. Tempestuous
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Nonsectarian
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.