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. Circumnavigate
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To proceed completely around:
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Deleterious
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
3. Vehement
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
4. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
5. Kinetic
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
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.