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. Moiety
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Polymer
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
3. Acumen
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
4. Circumlocution
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Irony
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
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.