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. repugnant
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
2. analyze
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
3. interdependence
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
4. jargon
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► A particular geographic region.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
5. scarcity
► A process of compensation for losses.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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.