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. Soliloquy
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
2. Interpolate
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
3. Nihilism
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
4. Usurp
► To make an accusation against.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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.