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. Expurgate
► A diligent, dependable worker.
2. Unctuous
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
3. Tautology
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To make an accusation against.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Omnipotent
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Detritus
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
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.