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
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
2. Belie
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
3. Quotidian
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Epiphany
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
5. Incognito
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
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.