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. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Nihilism
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
3. Vehement
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Equinox
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
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.