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. infer
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Brief, concise, to the point.
2. materialize
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
3. hasten
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► To make something by merging parts.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. document
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
5. dismal
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
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.