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. monotonous
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
2. hasten
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
3. abolish
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
4. repugnant
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
5. detail
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► What something does or is used for.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
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.