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. Abstemious
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
2. Sanguine
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Equinox
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
4. Homogeneous
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
5. Metamorphosis
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
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.