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. method
► What something does or is used for.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
2. replenish
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► More than half (50%) of some group
3. affect
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
4. sociable
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
5. brackish
► To completely engage the attention of.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
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.