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. acquire
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
2. emerge
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
3. significance
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
4. economy
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
5. interdependence
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
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.