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. Unctuous
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Orthography
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Irony
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Nomenclature
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Jejune
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.