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. interdependence
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► To make something by merging parts.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
2. area
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► A particular geographic region.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
3. construct
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
4. recluse
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
5. illuminate
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► To clarify or make something understandable
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.