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. foresight
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
2. translucent
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
3. affect
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
4. egregious
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
5. symbolism
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
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.