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. Plasma
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Lugubrious
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
3. Feckless
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
4. Diffident
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To make an accusation against.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Reparation
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► 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.