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. meander
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
2. method
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
3. grueling
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
4. evidence
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
5. destination
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
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.