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Common Core State Standard
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.

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. Equinox

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

2. Soliloquy

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

3. Interpolate

► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

► A system of names used in an art or science:

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

► A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

4. Chromosome

► Architectural.

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

► A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

5. Antebellum

► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

► Logical incongruity

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

BREACH
DEFINITION: An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: The Cockroach Janata Party’s three leaders — Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka — were freed on condition that they commit “no breach of peace for one year,” Ratna Singh, the movement’s legal director, said in a social media post. ►Associated Press, 10/12/2026

BREACH

Words in the News Quiz5 High School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words