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. misgivings
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
2. deft
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
3. current
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. waft
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
5. value
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
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.