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. Auspicious
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
2. Tectonic
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Incognito
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
4. Bowdlerize
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To proceed completely around:
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
5. Chromosome
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
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.