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. Hemoglobin
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
2. Auspicious
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
3. Nadir
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Circumnavigate
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To proceed completely around:
5. Xenophobe
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
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.