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. Soliloquy
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Thermodynamics
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Totalitarian
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
5. Gauche
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
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.