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. classify
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► A process of compensation for losses.
► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
2. impending
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
3. brackish
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
4. majority
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
5. function
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► What something does or is used for.
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.