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- MIddle School Vocabulary Quiz Generator
- High School Vocabulary Quiz Generator
- Use The News: K-4 | 5-8 | 9-12
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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. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
2. Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Logical incongruity
4. To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
5. Tumultuous; stormy.