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. aplomb
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
2. outlandish
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
3. disdain
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
4. diminish
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
5. accomplish
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
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.