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.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
2. Supercilious
► To bring under control; conquer.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
3. Tectonic
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
4. Bowdlerize
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
5. Usurp
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.
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.