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. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Lugubrious
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Nihilism
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Lexicon
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Kinetic
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► 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.