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. Hemoglobin
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
2. Abrogate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To proceed completely around:
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
3. Nadir
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
4. Wrought
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
5. Soliloquy
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
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.