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. unsightly
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
2. attentive
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
3. reduce
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
4. function
► What something does or is used for.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
5. momentum
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
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.