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. Gerrymander
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
3. Obsequious
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Precipitous
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
5. Supercilious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
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.