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. Churlish
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To proceed completely around:
2. Bowdlerize
► To proceed completely around:
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Inculcate
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Jejune
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
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.