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
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
2. momentum
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
3. sociable
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
4. obscure
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
5. barricade
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
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.