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. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
2. Infrastructure
► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
3. Churlish
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Having a bad disposition; surly.
4. Plasma
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
5. Respiration
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
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.