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
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
2. Feckless
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Abjure
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
4. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
5. Supercilious
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
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.