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. Oxidize
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
2. Deciduous
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
3. Fatuous
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
4. Facetious
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
5. Mitosis
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
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.