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. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To make an accusation against.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
2. Gamete
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
3. Nihilism
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Detritus
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
5. Unctuous
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
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.