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.
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. Chromosome
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Moiety
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
3. Antebellum
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
4. Reparation
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
5. Facetious
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► To proceed completely around:
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
©2025 Boston Herald in Education and Online Publications Inc. and NIEonline.com
