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. clarify
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
2. adversary
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► The source or reason of an event or action
3. ember
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
4. counter
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
5. waver
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
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.