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. Tautology
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Loquacious
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Xenophobe
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Laissez faire
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
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.