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. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
2. Equinox
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Recapitulate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
4. Loquacious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
5. Oligarchy
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
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.