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. replenish
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
2. establish
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
3. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► More than half (50%) of some group
4. habitation
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Brief, concise, to the point.
5. repugnant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
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.