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. Sanguine
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
2. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
3. Recapitulate
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
4. Pecuniary
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
5. Totalitarian
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
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.