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. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Gamete
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Loquacious
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Filibuster
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
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.