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. recuperate
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
2. serenity
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
3. reduce
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
4. apprehensive
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
5. outlandish
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
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.