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. Reciprocal
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
2. Hemoglobin
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
3. Xenophobe
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
4. Plasma
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Temblor
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
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.