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. recuperate
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
2. exasperation
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
3. conclude
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
4. defiance
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
5. source
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
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.