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. Churlish
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
2. Gamete
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
3. Feckless
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
4. Supercilious
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Totalitarian
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
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.