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. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
2. malleable
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
3. source
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
4. minority
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
5. stamina
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
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.