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
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
2. Acumen
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
3. Usurp
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
4. Ziggurat
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
5. Deciduous
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
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.