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. Respiration
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
2. Lexicon
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Churlish
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Equinox
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Loquacious
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A system of names used in an art or science:
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.