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. attentive
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
2. dismal
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
3. observe
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
4. affect
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
5. reflection
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
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.