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. habitation
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
2. reference
► The source or reason of an event or action
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► A measurement one can compare to.
3. circumference
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
4. compromise
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A great amount or number, often of people.
5. restitution
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► A process of compensation for losses.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
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.