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. Moiety
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
2. Feckless
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
3. Nonsectarian
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Paradigm
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
5. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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.