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. obscure
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
2. versatile
► Capable of doing many things competently
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
3. abolish
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
4. misgivings
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
5. current
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
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.