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. Infrastructure
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
2. Churlish
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Obsequious
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Subjugate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
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.