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. Churlish
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
2. Incognito
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Totalitarian
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Acumen
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Unctuous
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
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.