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. Usurp
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Recapitulate
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
3. Nanotechnology
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Deleterious
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
5. Diffident
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
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.