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. influence
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
2. egregious
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
3. waft
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
4. debris
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
5. vigilant
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
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.