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. Jejune
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
3. Recapitulate
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
4. Churlish
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
5. Belie
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
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.