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. Epiphany
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
2. Respiration
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
3. Parameter
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
4. Bellicose
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
5. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
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.