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. Antebellum
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
2. Winnow
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. Orthography
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
4. Quasar
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Yeoman
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
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.