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. Jejune
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
2. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
3. Inculcate
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Tautology
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
5. Filibuster
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
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.