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. narrate
► To completely engage the attention of.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
2. jut
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
3. aptitude
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
4. contortion
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
5. function
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► What something does or is used for.
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.