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. destination
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
2. interpret
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
3. circumference
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. somber
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
5. materialize
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► Capable of doing many things competently
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.