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 impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
2. Photosynthesis
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Usurp
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
4. Chromosome
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
5. Soliloquy
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
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.