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. Enfranchise
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
2. Wrought
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
3. Usurp
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
4. Omnipotent
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
5. Lugubrious
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
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.