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. Winnow
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To proceed completely around:
2. Tectonic
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Temblor
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
4. Mitosis
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To bring under control; conquer.
5. Hypotenuse
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
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.