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. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
2. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To proceed completely around:
3. Fiduciary
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
4. Belie
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
5. Reparation
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.