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. Nihilism
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Parabola
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
3. Sanguine
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Plasma
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Nonsectarian
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
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.