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. malleable
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
2. terse
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
3. compose
► To make something by merging parts.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
4. knoll
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► More than half (50%) of some group
5. eavesdrop
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
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.