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. exasperation
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
2. counter
► A process of compensation for losses.
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
► The source or reason of an event or action
3. subside
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
4. commotion
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
5. contortion
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
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.