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. diminish
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
2. falter
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
3. detail
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
4. barricade
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
5. brackish
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
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.