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. defiance
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
2. adversary
3. attentive
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
4. monotonous
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
5. reflection
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
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.