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. Nadir
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Irony
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
3. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Orthography
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
5. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
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.