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 system of names used in an art or science:
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
2. Deleterious
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
3. Paradigm
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
4. Photosynthesis
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
5. Gamete
► To make an accusation against.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
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.