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. illuminate
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To clarify or make something understandable
2. affect
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
3. conclude
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
4. clarify
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
5. reduce
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
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.