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. Photosynthesis
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Jejune
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. Fiduciary
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
4. Pecuniary
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Deleterious
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
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.