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
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
2. Taxonomy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Nihilism
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Nonsectarian
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Pecuniary
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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.