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. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
2. Abstemious
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Winnow
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
4. Antebellum
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Yeoman
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► 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.