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. Chicanery
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
2. Detritus
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Pecuniary
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Hubris
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
5. Abstemious
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
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.