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. Detritus
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Facetious
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Loquacious
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Obsequious
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Parameter
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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.