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. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Lugubrious
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
3. Hegemony
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
4. Gerrymander
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To make an accusation against.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
5. Quasar
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.