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. Churlish
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
2. Hypotenuse
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Oligarchy
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
5. Moiety
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
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.