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. jargon
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
2. potential
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
3. reflection
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
4. meticulous
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
5. ominous
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
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.