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. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Usurp
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
3. Reparation
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4. Chicanery
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
5. Interpolate
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
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.