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. translucent
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
2. conspicuous
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
3. evidence
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A process of compensation for losses.
4. pristine
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
5. convey
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
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.