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. Filibuster
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Usurp
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
3. Nadir
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To proceed completely around:
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
4. Epiphany
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Hypotenuse
► To make an accusation against.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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.