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. compromise
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
2. impending
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
3. establish
► To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► The dividing line or location between two areas.
4. aplomb
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
5. potential
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
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.