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. infer
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
2. cause
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► The source or reason of an event or action
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
3. accomplish
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
4. topic
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
5. dispel
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
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.