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. influence
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
2. defiance
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
3. significance
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
4. jargon
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
5. diminish
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
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.