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. knoll
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. cunning
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
3. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
4. scurry
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
5. classify
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Capable of doing many things competently
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.