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. adversary
► A particular geographic region.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
2. frequency
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
3. swagger
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
4. sociable
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
5. swarm
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
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.