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. emerge
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
2. value
► A process of compensation for losses.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► A particular geographic region.
3. stamina
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
4. diminish
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
5. analyze
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
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.