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. Thermodynamics
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
2. Photosynthesis
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
3. Inculcate
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► Having one’s true identity concealed.
4. Circumnavigate
► To proceed completely around:
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
5. Deciduous
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
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.