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. ominous
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
2. adversary
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
3. affect
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
4. persistent
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► More than half (50%) of some group
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
5. sociable
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
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.