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. Yeoman
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
2. Suffragist
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Belie
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
4. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
5. Nonsectarian
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
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.