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. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
2. Mitosis
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Paradigm
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Facetious
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Taxonomy
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.