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. Pecuniary
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
2. Metamorphosis
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
3. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
4. Polymer
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Hegemony
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
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.