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. Vacuous
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
2. Soliloquy
► To make an accusation against.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
3. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Hubris
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Yeoman
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
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.