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. Oligarchy
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
2. Loquacious
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
3. Circumnavigate
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► To proceed completely around:
► To make an accusation against.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Subjugate
► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
5. Omnipotent
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
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.