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
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Obsequious
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
3. Thermodynamics
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Equinox
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
5. Nadir
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► 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.