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. Notarize
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
2. Temblor
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
3. Nomenclature
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Gamete
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► 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.