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. restitution
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
2. furtive
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
3. economy
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
4. meander
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
5. value
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
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.