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. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Reparation
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
3. Facetious
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
4. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
5. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
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.