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.
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. Vortex
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
3. Usurp
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
4. Subjugate
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To bring under control; conquer.
5. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.