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. Totalitarian
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
2. Kowtow
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Pecuniary
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Incontrovertible
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Deleterious
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To bring under control; conquer.
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.