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. Hypotenuse
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
2. Taxonomy
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
3. Evanescent
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
4. Suffragist
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
5. Hubris
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
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.