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.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
3. Xenophobe
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
4. Nomenclature
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
5. Lucid
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or 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.