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. Lexicon
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
2. Gerrymander
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
3. Antebellum
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
4. Abjure
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
5. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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.