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
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
2. deft
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
3. primarily
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
4. outlandish
► What something does or is used for.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
5. waver
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
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.