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. Deleterious
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
2. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Thermodynamics
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Temblor
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
5. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► 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.