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. Expurgate
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
2. Deleterious
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
5. Lucid
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
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.