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
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Nanotechnology
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Hegemony
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
4. Churlish
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
5. Usurp
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
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.