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. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
2. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
3. Enfranchise
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Totalitarian
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To make an accusation against.
5. Detritus
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
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.