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. Epiphany
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Laissez faire
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Abstemious
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To bring under control; conquer.
4. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Enfranchise
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► 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.