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. Oligarchy
► To make an accusation against.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
2. Abjure
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
3. Photosynthesis
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
5. Reparation
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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.