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. Circumlocution
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
2. Tectonic
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
3. Loquacious
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Gauche
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
5. Recapitulate
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
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.