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. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
2. sociable
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
3. boundary
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
4. cause
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► The source or reason of an event or action
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
5. similar
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
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.