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. recuperate
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
2. misgivings
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A measurement one can compare to.
3. emerge
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. repugnant
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
5. ominous
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
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.