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. evidence
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
2. jostle
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
3. guarantee
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
4. majority
► More than half (50%) of some group
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
5. swagger
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
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.