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. Kowtow
► To make an accusation against.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
2. Lugubrious
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Enfranchise
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Jejune
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► 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.