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
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2. Enfranchise
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Enervate
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
4. Oxidize
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
5. Notarize
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
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.