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. significance
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
2. unsightly
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► More than half (50%) of some group
3. misgivings
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
4. minority
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
5. jargon
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
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.