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. narrate
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
2. specimen
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► A measurement one can compare to.
3. evidence
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
4. jostle
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
5. eavesdrop
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
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.