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. Paradigm
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
2. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
3. Deciduous
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Hemoglobin
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
5. Nihilism
► To make an accusation against.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
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.