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. observe
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
2. compose
► A process of compensation for losses.
► To make something by merging parts.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
3. foresight
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
4. eavesdrop
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
5. luminous
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
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.