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. Nanotechnology
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
2. Diffident
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Bellicose
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Polymer
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
5. Epiphany
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
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.