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. Tautology
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Homogeneous
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Metamorphosis
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
4. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
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.