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
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Reparation
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Vortex
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
4. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
5. Irony
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
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.