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. Bowdlerize
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
2. Nadir
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
3. Tectonic
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
4. Oxidize
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
5. Xenophobe
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
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.