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. Impeach
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To make an accusation against.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
2. Wrought
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
3. Oligarchy
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
4. Totalitarian
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
5. Kinetic
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
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.