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
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
2. Recapitulate
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Mitosis
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
4. Incognito
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
5. Epiphany
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
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.