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. Bowdlerize
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Reciprocal
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
3. Churlish
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Vacuous
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
5. Yeoman
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
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.