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. boundary
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► To make something by merging parts.
2. vulnerable
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
3. potential
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► More than half (50%) of some group
► A measurement one can compare to.
4. economy
► A measurement one can compare to.
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
5. interdependence
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
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.