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. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
2. Feckless
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Notarize
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
4. Enfranchise
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
5. Diffident
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Division into ordered groups or categories.
► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
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.