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. detail
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
2. circumference
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
3. boundary
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
4. exasperation
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
5. adversary
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To clarify or make something understandable
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.