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. source
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
2. waft
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
3. minority
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
4. repugnant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
5. gusto
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To completely engage the attention of.
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.