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
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Abrogate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. Detritus
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
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.