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. eavesdrop
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
2. barricade
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
3. waver
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
4. grueling
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► What something does or is used for.
5. falter
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► What something does or is used for.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
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.