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
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
2. Churlish
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
3. Hemoglobin
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
4. Bowdlerize
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
5. Fiduciary
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► To proceed completely around:
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.