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. momentum
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To make something by merging parts.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
2. swarm
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
3. oppose
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
4. repugnant
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
5. narrate
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
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.