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. Oligarchy
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.
► A system of names used in an art or science:
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
2. Unctuous
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.
3. Tempestuous
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.
► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
4. Bowdlerize
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.
► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.
5. Kowtow
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.
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.