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. Recapitulate
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
2. Homogeneous
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Hypotenuse
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
4. Impeach
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► To make an accusation against.
5. Nihilism
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
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.