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. sabotage
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
2. illuminate
► To clarify or make something understandable
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
3. clarify
► To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
4. evidence
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
5. symbolism
► To make something by merging parts.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
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.