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
► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Winnow
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
3. Hypotenuse
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
4. Circumlocution
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
5. Irony
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
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.