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 run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
2. uncanny
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A process of compensation for losses.
3. convey
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. establish
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
5. majority
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
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.