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. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Acumen
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
3. Euro
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
4. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Winnow
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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.