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. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Laissez faire
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Recapitulate
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
4. Soliloquy
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Gauche
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
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.