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. infer
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
2. value
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
3. monotonous
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► The source or reason of an event or action
4. chronological
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
5. versatile
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
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.