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. Facetious
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
2. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
3. Pecuniary
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
4. Contradiction
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
5. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To bring under control; conquer.
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.