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. Deciduous
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Expurgate
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Inculcate
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
4. Oligarchy
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Gerrymander
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
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.