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. Parabola
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Kowtow
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Lexicon
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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.