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. imperious
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
2. various
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
3. narrate
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. apprehensive
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. function
► What something does or is used for.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
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.