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. element
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Capable of doing many things competently
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
2. bluff
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
3. uncanny
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. similar
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
5. counter
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
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.