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. Photosynthesis
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Feckless
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
3. Gauche
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
4. Hypotenuse
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
5. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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.