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. Fiduciary
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Reciprocal
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Infrastructure
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Acumen
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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.