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. Kinetic
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
2. Supercilious
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Expurgate
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
4. Abjure
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
5. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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.