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. Laissez faire
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
2. Diffident
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
3. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Jejune
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Euro
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
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.