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. Moiety
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Circumlocution
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Kowtow
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
4. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Temblor
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
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.