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. materialize
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
2. concoction
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
3. waft
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
4. cunning
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► Brief, concise, to the point.
5. topic
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
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.