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. diminish
► To clarify or make something understandable
2. interdependence
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
3. swarm
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► A measurement one can compare to.
4. muster
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A process of compensation for losses.
5. jostle
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► A particular geographic region.
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.