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. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Euro
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To make an accusation against.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
3. Evanescent
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
4. Lexicon
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. Circumnavigate
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To proceed completely around:
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
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.