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. reference
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
2. knoll
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
3. compromise
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
4. reflection
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
5. restitution
► A process of compensation for losses.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
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.