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. Incognito
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Equinox
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
3. Vortex
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
4. Contradiction
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
5. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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.