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. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Paradigm
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
3. Oxidize
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
4. Photosynthesis
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Xenophobe
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
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.