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. economy
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. furtive
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► Anything that may be possible; a possibility
3. engross
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To completely engage the attention of.
4. deft
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
5. interpret
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
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.