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. egregious
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
2. scarcity
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
3. conspicuous
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
4. waver
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► More than half (50%) of some group
5. obstacles
► More than half (50%) of some group
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
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.