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. Gamete
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Orthography
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
3. Temblor
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
4. Acumen
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Hubris
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
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.