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. conspicuous
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
2. engross
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► To completely engage the attention of.
3. jargon
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
4. boundary
► What something does or is used for.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
5. oppose
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
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.