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. Gerrymander
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
2. Jejune
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
3. Abjure
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Interpolate
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Taxonomy
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.