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. headway
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
2. concoction
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
3. commotion
► To make something by merging parts.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
4. jut
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
5. affect
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
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.