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. oppose
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
2. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
3. disdain
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
4. diminish
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
5. ignite
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
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.