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. Irony
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To bring under control; conquer.
2. Precipitous
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
3. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
4. Facetious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Chromosome
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
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.