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. Equinox
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
2. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
3. Fiduciary
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
4. Polymer
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. Gamete
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
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.