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.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
3. Feckless
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
4. Orthography
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
5. Vortex
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
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.