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. specimen
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
2. jut
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
3. ember
► A glowing piece of coal or wood.
4. establish
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
5. scurry
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► A measurement one can compare to.
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.