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. contributions
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
2. outlandish
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► What something does or is used for.
► Capable of doing many things competently
3. sociable
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
4. foresight
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
5. recuperate
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► A great amount or number, often of people.
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.