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. exasperation
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
2. zeal
► More than half (50%) of some group
3. defiance
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
4. precipice
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
5. uncanny
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
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.