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. Obsequious
► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.
► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
2. Notarize
► Of the same or similar nature or kind
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
3. Xenophobe
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
4. Gauche
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
► Lacking social polish; tactless.
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
5. Omnipotent
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.
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.