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. Oxidize
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Paradigm
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
3. Diffident
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
4. Gauche
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
5. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
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.