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. Chromosome
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
2. Hypotenuse
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Acumen
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
4. Abrogate
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
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.