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. Fatuous
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
2. Oxidize
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
3. Bellicose
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To proceed completely around:
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
4. Laissez faire
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Temblor
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.