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
► To make an accusation against.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
2. Diffident
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
3. Chicanery
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To proceed completely around:
4. Nanotechnology
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
5. Jejune
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
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.