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
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To proceed completely around:
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Oligarchy
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Soliloquy
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
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.