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. Nadir
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Vehement
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
3. Churlish
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
4. Chicanery
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
5. Tautology
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.