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. Parabola
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. Nanotechnology
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
3. Abjure
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
4. Unctuous
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
5. Reciprocal
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
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.