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. Bowdlerize
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
2. Winnow
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. Abrogate
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
4. Filibuster
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Lexicon
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
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.