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. Nonsectarian
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
2. Circumlocution
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
3. Facetious
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To proceed completely around:
4. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Thermodynamics
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.