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. Filibuster
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
2. Impeach
► To make an accusation against.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
4. Nomenclature
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
5. Pecuniary
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
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.