Dept. of Word Lists
Do "Incendiary" "Diatribes" Make for Good Diplomacy? A Quick Current Events Vocab Quiz
Wed Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2014
Follow stories in this week's news...including peace talks in Syria, the discredited governor of Virginia's indictment, and continuing coverage of Obama and the NSA....from a vocabularian's perspective!
Our quick current events vocab quiz — Do "Incendiary" "Diatribes" Make for Good Diplomacy? A Quick Current Events Vocab Quiz — includes ten key words taken from this week's New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post coverage, as well as:
- sentence examples drawn straight from the news
- notes on how that word matters in the context of the story in which it appears
Social Studies teachers: Looking for more words from current events and historical sources? Check out our collection of news-based vocabulary lists or page through the historical documents and speeches categories in our featured lists.
