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. Oligarchy
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
2. Feckless
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
3. Xenophobe
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Vacuous
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
5. Abrogate
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
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.