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 process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
2. Yeoman
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
3. Oligarchy
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Laissez faire
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Infrastructure
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
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.