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. Homogeneous
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Moiety
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
3. Lucid
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Usurp
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
5. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
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.