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. Xenophobe
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Lucid
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
3. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
4. Tempestuous
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Winnow
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
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.