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. Nanotechnology
► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
2. Suffragist
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
3. Omnipotent
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
4. Supercilious
► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
5. Hubris
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
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.