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. falter
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
2. somber
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Capable of doing many things competently
3. furtive
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
4. source
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
5. contortion
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
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.