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. meticulous
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
2. multitude
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
3. knoll
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. replenish
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
5. frequency
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
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.