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Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor

gusto

subside

acquire

contributions


2. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

vulnerable

tactic

analyze

interdependence


3. Brief, concise, to the point.

terse

evidence

multitude

luminous


4. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

dispel

habitation

monotonous

muster


5. Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen

brandish

restitution

ominous

minority


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This Week's Word In The News 

INITIATE

DEFINITION:
To set going by taking the first step; begin.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Troopers initiated a pursuit of the vehicle at the rest area on Interstate 71 just north of the Ohio 123 exit east of Lebanon, troopers said.
The Dayton Daily News, 05/20/2013


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