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. Nomenclature
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
2. Yeoman
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
3. Hemoglobin
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Euro
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
5. Circumnavigate
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► 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.