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. Subjugate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To bring under control; conquer.
2. Infrastructure
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. Filibuster
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
4. Diffident
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
5. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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.