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. Euro
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
2. Quotidian
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Fatuous
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
5. Abjure
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
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.