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. similar
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
2. serenity
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
3. terse
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► More than half (50%) of some group
4. stamina
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
5. emerge
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
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.