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. impending
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► More than half (50%) of some group
2. method
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
3. luminous
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
4. misgivings
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
5. foresight
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
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.