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. Laissez faire
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
2. Abrogate
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
3. Auspicious
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
4. Reparation
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
5. Usurp
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
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.