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. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
2. Hegemony
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
3. Euro
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
4. Nihilism
► To make an accusation against.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
5. Lexicon
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
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.