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. economy
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
2. knoll
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
3. obscure
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
4. illuminate
► To clarify or make something understandable
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
5. adversary
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
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.