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. Subjugate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
2. Vacuous
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Gamete
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
4. Abstemious
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
5. Soliloquy
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
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.