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. Feckless
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2. Deciduous
► To make an accusation against.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Gerrymander
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
4. Parabola
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
5. Notarize
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.