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. Auspicious
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
2. Evanescent
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Mitosis
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Abjure
► To make an accusation against.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Vehement
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
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.