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. Equinox
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
2. Parabola
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
3. Evanescent
► To picture falsely; misrepresent.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
4. Lexicon
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
5. Plasma
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
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.