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. conclude
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
2. affect
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
3. imperious
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
4. cunning
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
5. establish
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
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.