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. Vortex
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
2. Bowdlerize
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
3. Metamorphosis
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
4. Paradigm
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
5. Homogeneous
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
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.