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. Antebellum
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
2. Xenophobe
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Moiety
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
4. Contradiction
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
5. Polymer
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
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.