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. Irony
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Belie
► To proceed completely around:
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
3. Gamete
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
4. Abjure
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
5. Parameter
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.