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. pristine
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
2. translucent
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
3. compromise
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
4. hasten
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
5. swagger
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
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.