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. exasperation
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
2. debris
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
3. accomplish
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
4. value
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
5. eavesdrop
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
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.