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. Nihilism
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
3. Incontrovertible
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
4. Winnow
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
5. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
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.