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
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
2. Supercilious
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Winnow
► To make an accusation against.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
4. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Homogeneous
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► 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.