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. Parabola
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
2. Euro
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Expurgate
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Usurp
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Detritus
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
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.