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. conclude
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
2. evidence
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To clarify or make something understandable
3. establish
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
4. uncanny
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
5. luminous
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
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.