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. Enervate
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Parabola
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. Tempestuous
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4. Gauche
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
5. Churlish
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► 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.