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. Acumen
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► To proceed completely around:
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
2. Enervate
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
3. Mitosis
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Fiduciary
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
5. Hubris
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
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.