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. Vehement
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Detritus
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
3. Gerrymander
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Vortex
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Deciduous
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
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.