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. ensure
► To make something by merging parts.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
2. tactic
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
3. barricade
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
4. bluff
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
5. attentive
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► 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.