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. observe
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
2. compose
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► To make something by merging parts.
3. aptitude
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
4. ignite
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
5. current
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
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.