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. Enervate
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
2. Lexicon
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
3. Circumnavigate
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To proceed completely around:
4. Hemoglobin
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
5. Tectonic
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
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.