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. Vortex
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Chicanery
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
3. Omnipotent
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
4. Temblor
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
5. Vacuous
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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.