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
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To make an accusation against.
2. Nomenclature
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
3. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
4. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Interpolate
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
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.