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. Euro
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
2. Nanotechnology
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Incontrovertible
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Suffragist
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
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.