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. Nonsectarian
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
2. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
3. Filibuster
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
4. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Acumen
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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.