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. Fatuous
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
2. Xenophobe
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Diffident
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
5. Infrastructure
► To make an accusation against.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
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.