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. Hegemony
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Nonsectarian
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
3. Abjure
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Reparation
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Enfranchise
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
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.