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. significance
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
2. area
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► A particular geographic region.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
3. affect
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
4. ominous
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
5. primarily
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
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.