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. Obsequious
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Wrought
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Incontrovertible
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Evanescent
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
5. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
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.