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. Polymer
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
2. Filibuster
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
3. Reparation
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
4. Reciprocal
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Respiration
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
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.