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. acquire
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
2. materialize
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
3. source
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
4. narrate
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
5. boundary
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
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.