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. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
2. Photosynthesis
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
3. Quasar
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To make an accusation against.
5. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
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.