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. Taxonomy
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
2. Orthography
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
3. Enfranchise
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Antebellum
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Churlish
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
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.