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. various
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
2. debris
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
3. emerge
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
4. concoction
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
5. somber
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
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.