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. Circumnavigate
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To proceed completely around:
2. Temblor
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To bring under control; conquer.
4. Laissez faire
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. Lucid
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
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.