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. Fiduciary
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Abstemious
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
3. Abjure
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Usurp
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
5. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
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.