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. Usurp
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Churlish
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Contradiction
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To bring under control; conquer.
4. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
5. Vortex
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
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.