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
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
3. Oligarchy
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Suffragist
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Quasar
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
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.