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. Diffident
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
2. Epiphany
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Homogeneous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
4. Circumlocution
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Interpolate
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► 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.