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. knoll
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
2. compromise
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
3. multitude
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
4. pertinent
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
5. vulnerable
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
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.