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. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Recapitulate
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
3. Moiety
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
4. Laissez faire
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Tectonic
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
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.