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. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
2. Tempestuous
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Enervate
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Jejune
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
5. Reparation
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.