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. abolish
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
2. hasten
► More than half (50%) of some group
3. versatile
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Capable of doing many things competently
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
4. evidence
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
5. effect
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
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.