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. Polymer
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
2. Subjugate
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To bring under control; conquer.
3. Supercilious
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Circumnavigate
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To proceed completely around:
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
5. Churlish
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
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.