Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONDOLENCE

DEFINITION:
An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden extended their “deepest condolences” to Comperatore’s family.
The Morning Cal, 07/15/2024

Generate your own quiz
Select a grade level
 Elementary
 Middle School
 High School
Select a quiz type
 By words
 By Definitions
Select how many questions
5   10   15   20  

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. Wrought

A diligent, dependable worker.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

Put together; created.


2. Usurp

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.


3. Abrogate

To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.


4. Loquacious

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

Very talkative; garrulous.


5. Respiration

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.


Get more Quizzes 

 Elementary School    Middle School   High School  

 By Word     By Definition    5  10  15  20 Questions

Common Core State Standard
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.