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. infer
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
2. jut
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
3. detail
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
4. persistent
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
5. acquire
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
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.