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. stamina
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
2. terse
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
3. persistent
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
4. waver
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
5. sabotage
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► A measurement one can compare to.
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.