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. establish
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
2. outlandish
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
3. gusto
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
4. construct
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► A great amount or number, often of people.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
5. waft
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
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.