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. Incontrovertible
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Nihilism
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
4. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
5. Vehement
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
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.