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
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
2. Acumen
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Omnipotent
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
5. Obsequious
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
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.