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. Suffragist
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Euro
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
3. Vortex
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
4. Loquacious
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► 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.