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. Chromosome
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
2. Sanguine
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Xenophobe
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
4. Acumen
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
5. Belie
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
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.