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. falter
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
2. various
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
3. grueling
► Capable of doing many things competently
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
4. swarm
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
5. egregious
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
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.