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. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
2. Parameter
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
3. Interpolate
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Yeoman
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To make an accusation against.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
5. Epiphany
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
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.