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. waver
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
2. recuperate
► To make something by merging parts.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
3. jabber
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
4. primarily
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
5. deft
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
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.