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. Detritus
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Gauche
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
3. Photosynthesis
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Oligarchy
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Vehement
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
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.