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. economy
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
2. waver
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
3. oppose
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
4. observe
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
5. egregious
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
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.