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. Photosynthesis
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Lugubrious
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. Sanguine
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
4. Usurp
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Yeoman
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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.