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. Oligarchy
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
2. Deciduous
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Photosynthesis
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Taxonomy
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
5. Thermodynamics
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
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.