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. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
2. Soliloquy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Irony
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
4. Gerrymander
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Jejune
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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.