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. interdependence
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
2. fragrance
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
3. recluse
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
4. furtive
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
5. eavesdrop
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
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.