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. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
2. Facetious
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
3. Fiduciary
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
4. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Mitosis
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► 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.