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. misgivings
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
2. barricade
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
3. establish
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
4. guarantee
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
5. interpret
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
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.