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. eavesdrop
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
2. method
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
3. source
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
4. misgivings
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
5. attentive
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
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.