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. Quasar
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
2. Circumlocution
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Homogeneous
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
4. Nadir
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Jejune
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
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.