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. establish
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
2. influence
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
3. outlandish
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
4. jargon
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
5. fragrance
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
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.