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. ignite
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
2. convey
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
3. fragrance
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
4. headway
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
5. repugnant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► A process of compensation for losses.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
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.