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. Yeoman
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Parabola
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Vortex
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
4. Reciprocal
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Homogeneous
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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.