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 weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Abstemious
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Wrought
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Obsequious
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
5. Infrastructure
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
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.