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.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
2. Loquacious
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
3. Filibuster
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
4. Interpolate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
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.