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. scurry
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
2. recluse
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
3. replenish
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► The source or reason of an event or action
4. ember
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► To make something by merging parts.
5. clarify
► To make something by merging parts.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
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.