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. jut
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
2. replenish
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
3. momentum
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
4. cause
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The source or reason of an event or action
5. relationship
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
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.