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. Tempestuous
► To make an accusation against.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
2. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Reparation
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
5. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
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.