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. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Yeoman
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
3. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
4. Subjugate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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.