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. Auspicious
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
2. Bellicose
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Enervate
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To make an accusation against.
5. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.