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. outlandish
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
2. interpret
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Brief, concise, to the point.
3. contortion
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
4. cunning
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► What something does or is used for.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
5. reduce
► What something does or is used for.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► A process of compensation for losses.
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.