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. infer
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
2. reflection
► The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
3. value
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
4. construct
► To attempt to stop the progression of.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
5. meander
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
► What something does or is used for.
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.