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. Mitosis
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Respiration
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
3. Bowdlerize
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
4. Yeoman
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
5. Gerrymander
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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.