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. Jejune
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Evanescent
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
3. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Loquacious
► To make an accusation against.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
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.