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. barricade
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
2. emerge
► The source or reason of an event or action
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
3. weather
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► To make something by merging parts.
4. waft
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
5. engross
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To completely engage the attention of.
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.