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. Ziggurat
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Nanotechnology
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
3. Lucid
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
4. Incontrovertible
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Xenophobe
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
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.