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. element
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
2. obscure
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
3. jabber
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► A measurement one can compare to.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
4. method
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
5. obstacles
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
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.