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. Precipitous
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
2. Usurp
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
3. Lugubrious
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
4. Ziggurat
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Euro
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
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.