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
► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.
► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
2. Kinetic
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
3. Paradigm
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
► To make an accusation against.
► Eating and drinking in moderation.
4. Winnow
► To renounce under oath; forswear.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. Gauche
► A diligent, dependable worker.
► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
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.