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. Winnow
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
2. Hubris
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
3. Paradigm
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Respiration
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Temblor
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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.