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. Tectonic
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
2. Euro
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Lexicon
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Pecuniary
► To bring under control; conquer.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
5. Oligarchy
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
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.