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. Abstemious
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Tautology
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Orthography
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Nonsectarian
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
5. Antebellum
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.