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.
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. Hemoglobin
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Vortex
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
3. Mitosis
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To proceed completely around:
4. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
5. Fiduciary
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
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