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. Soliloquy
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Hegemony
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Equinox
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To make an accusation against.
4. Moiety
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Reparation
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► 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.