Dept. of Word Lists
Do "Incendiary" "Diatribes" Make for Good Diplomacy? A Quick Current Events Vocab Quiz
January 22, 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 Check out our collection of news-based vocabulary lists or page through the historical documents and speeches categories in our featured lists.
