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. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
2. Inculcate
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
3. Ziggurat
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
4. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
5. Lucid
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
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.