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. Soliloquy
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Gerrymander
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
4. Fatuous
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
5. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
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.