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. Feckless
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
2. Parabola
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
3. Totalitarian
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Gamete
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To bring under control; conquer.
5. Nihilism
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
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.