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. Enfranchise
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Fiduciary
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
3. Suffragist
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Oxidize
► To proceed completely around:
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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.