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. Fatuous
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
2. Circumnavigate
► To proceed completely around:
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
3. Parabola
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Detritus
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
5. Abjure
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
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.