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. Gamete
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
2. Homogeneous
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
3. Hemoglobin
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
4. Moiety
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
5. Nomenclature
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► A system of names used in an art or science:
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.