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. jabber
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
2. scurry
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► A process of compensation for losses.
3. reference
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► A measurement one can compare to.
4. swagger
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► A particular geographic region.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
5. compose
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► To make something by merging parts.
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.