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
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Fiduciary
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
3. Respiration
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
4. Paradigm
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
5. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To bring under control; conquer.
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.