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. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
2. Parabola
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Mitosis
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
4. Lugubrious
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
5. Oligarchy
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
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.