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
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
2. Acumen
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
3. Evanescent
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
4. Oligarchy
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
5. Kowtow
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
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.