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. Circumlocution
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Antebellum
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. Quotidian
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
4. Kinetic
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
5. Supercilious
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
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.