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. Fiduciary
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
2. Evanescent
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
3. Fatuous
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
4. Ziggurat
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Totalitarian
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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.