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. bluff
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
2. jargon
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
3. construct
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
4. vulnerable
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
5. ensure
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► To make something by merging parts.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
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.