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. compromise
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
2. sabotage
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
3. frequency
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
4. effect
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► The result or outcome of a cause.
5. vigilant
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
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.