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. Filibuster
► To proceed completely around:
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
2. Vortex
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
3. Subjugate
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To make an accusation against.
4. Gerrymander
► To make an accusation against.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
5. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► 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.