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. Laissez faire
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Quasar
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
3. Moiety
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
4. Impeach
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To make an accusation against.
5. Gerrymander
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
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.