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. Abjure
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Supercilious
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To make an accusation against.
3. Belie
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Kinetic
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
5. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
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.