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. Obsequious
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
3. Nanotechnology
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Incontrovertible
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
5. Homogeneous
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To proceed completely around:
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
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.