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. source
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To make something by merging parts.
2. construct
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To make something by merging parts.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
3. guarantee
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
4. repugnant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
5. contributions
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
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.