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. Laissez faire
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
2. Quasar
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
5. Plasma
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
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.