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. Impeach
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To make an accusation against.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Lucid
► To proceed completely around:
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Evanescent
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
4. Incontrovertible
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Wrought
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
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.