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. effect
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. circumference
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
3. similar
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► A process of compensation for losses.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
4. destination
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
► To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
5. classify
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
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.