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. Bowdlerize
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
2. Xenophobe
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
3. Plasma
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
4. Belie
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
5. Reciprocal
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
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.