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. evidence
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
2. foresight
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
3. subside
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. repugnant
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Capable of doing many things competently
5. classify
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
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.