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. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Hubris
► To bring under control; conquer.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Nanotechnology
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Mitosis
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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.