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. Nadir
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
2. Obsequious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
3. Interpolate
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Yeoman
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Winnow
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
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.