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. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Belie
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
4. Incognito
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Hemoglobin
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
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.