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 doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.
2. Oligarchy
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.
3. Interpolate
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
4. Thermodynamics
► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
5. Evanescent
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Noninterference in the affairs of others.
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.