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
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. Nihilism
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
3. Precipitous
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Omnipotent
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► 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.