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. Incontrovertible
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
2. Filibuster
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
4. Facetious
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Oxidize
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To proceed completely around:
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.