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. Bellicose
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
2. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Loquacious
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Belie
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
5. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
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.