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. area
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► A particular geographic region.
2. waft
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
3. furtive
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
4. compromise
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
5. reflection
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► 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.