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. uncanny
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
2. degree
► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
3. exhilarate
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
4. meticulous
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
5. attentive
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
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.