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. Metamorphosis
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
2. Parameter
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Photosynthesis
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
4. Tectonic
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
5. Filibuster
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
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.