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. Precipitous
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
2. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
3. Tectonic
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Lucid
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Laissez faire
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To make an accusation against.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
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.