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. Quasar
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
2. Homogeneous
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Hemoglobin
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
4. Oxidize
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
5. Moiety
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To proceed completely around:
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.