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. Temblor
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
4. Diffident
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Enfranchise
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
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.