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. Ziggurat
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
2. Soliloquy
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
3. Taxonomy
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
4. Fiduciary
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
5. Notarize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To proceed completely around:
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
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.