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. Diffident
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Suffragist
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Polymer
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
4. Ziggurat
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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.