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. Gauche
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
2. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To make an accusation against.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Vortex
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
5. Enfranchise
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
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.