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. Oxidize
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
2. Subjugate
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
3. Epiphany
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
4. Photosynthesis
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
5. Oligarchy
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► 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.