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. quell
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► A particular geographic region.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
2. classify
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
3. precipice
► A process of compensation for losses.
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
4. significance
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
5. topic
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
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.