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. frequency
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
2. sociable
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
3. meticulous
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► The source or reason of an event or action
4. misgivings
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
5. disdain
► More than half (50%) of some group
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
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.