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. defiance
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► More than half (50%) of some group
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
2. jargon
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
3. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
4. analyze
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
5. headway
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► To make something by merging parts.
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.