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. Hemoglobin
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Gamete
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
3. Deciduous
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
4. Lugubrious
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
5. Supercilious
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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.