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. Kinetic
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. Enfranchise
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To make an accusation against.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
3. Filibuster
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Inculcate
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
5. Enervate
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
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.