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. ignite
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. foresight
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
3. ember
► To completely engage the attention of.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
4. waver
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
5. imperious
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
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.