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. Gauche
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
2. Nihilism
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
3. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Oligarchy
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Tempestuous
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
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.