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. Inculcate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Jejune
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
3. Subjugate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
4. Deleterious
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Hegemony
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
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.