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. serenity
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
2. luminous
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
3. jargon
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
4. cunning
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
5. stamina
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
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.