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. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
2. Vortex
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
3. Loquacious
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
4. Incognito
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
5. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► 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.