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. Tautology
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
3. Wrought
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
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.