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. Vehement
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
2. Totalitarian
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
3. Taxonomy
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
4. Expurgate
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
5. Jejune
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
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.