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. Evanescent
► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
2. Totalitarian
► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.
3. Omnipotent
► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.
4. Tectonic
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.
5. Interpolate
► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:
► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.
► A diligent, dependable worker.
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.