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
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Hypotenuse
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
3. Soliloquy
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. Enervate
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
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.