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. Kinetic
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
2. Lucid
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
3. 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.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Parameter
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Orthography
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► 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.