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. luminous
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
2. pertinent
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
3. translucent
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► A feeling of contempt or scorn.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
4. scurry
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
5. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► More than half (50%) of some group
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.