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. Tectonic
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Obsequious
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
3. Interpolate
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Suffragist
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Hubris
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
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.