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
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
2. Oligarchy
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Totalitarian
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Expurgate
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Jejune
► To make an accusation against.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► 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.