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. Enervate
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
2. Hypotenuse
► To make an accusation against.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Incognito
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Bowdlerize
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Sanguine
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
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.