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. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Auspicious
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
3. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
4. Gauche
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
5. Nihilism
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
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.