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. Antebellum
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Incognito
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
3. Laissez faire
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Churlish
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Acumen
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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.