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. waft
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► What something does or is used for.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
2. meander
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
3. acquire
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
4. value
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
5. obstacles
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► Capable of doing many things competently
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
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.