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. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
2. Facetious
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Hegemony
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Soliloquy
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
5. Gamete
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
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.