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. Fiduciary
► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.
► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.
► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.
► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.
2. Bowdlerize
► Having a harmful effect; injurious.
► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.
► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.
► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.
3. Omnipotent
► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.
► Deception by trickery or sophistry.
► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.
4. Diffident
► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.
► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.
► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.
5. Vacuous
► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.
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.