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 impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
2. Chicanery
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Recapitulate
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To proceed completely around:
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
5. Abstemious
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
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.