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. Evanescent
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
2. Vehement
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
3. Tectonic
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
4. Nihilism
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
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.