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. Plasma
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
2. Tempestuous
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
4. Totalitarian
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Circumnavigate
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To proceed completely around:
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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.