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. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
2. Subjugate
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Reciprocal
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
4. Temblor
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
5. Parameter
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
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.