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. Gerrymander
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Reciprocal
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
3. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
4. Detritus
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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.