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. Tectonic
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Evanescent
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
3. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
4. Vehement
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
5. Plasma
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
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.