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. Kowtow
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
2. Parameter
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
3. Hemoglobin
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
4. Antebellum
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
5. Contradiction
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To bring under control; conquer.
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.