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. Impeach
► To make an accusation against.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To bring under control; conquer.
2. Abrogate
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
3. Lugubrious
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
4. Tautology
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Fatuous
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
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.