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. Epiphany
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To bring under control; conquer.
2. Belie
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
3. Gerrymander
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
5. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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.