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 increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
2. Interpolate
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
3. Nadir
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
4. Quasar
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Moiety
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
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.