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. Plasma
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
2. Temblor
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
3. Reciprocal
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
4. Epiphany
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
5. Nanotechnology
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
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.