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. Unctuous
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
2. Nadir
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. Moiety
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Paradigm
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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.