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. engross
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► More than half (50%) of some group
2. significance
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► What something does or is used for.
3. waver
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
4. momentum
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
5. aplomb
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
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.