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. specimen
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
2. element
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
3. scurry
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
4. uncanny
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► More than half (50%) of some group
5. reflection
► More than half (50%) of some group
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
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.