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
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
2. Incognito
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To proceed completely around:
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
3. Orthography
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Epiphany
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
5. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
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.