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. significance
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
2. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
3. subside
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
4. effect
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
5. sociable
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
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.