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. Equinox
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
2. Nonsectarian
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
3. Facetious
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
4. Irony
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
5. Unctuous
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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.