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. Unctuous
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
2. Subjugate
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Moiety
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
4. Reciprocal
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
5. Circumlocution
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
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.