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. bluff
► Approaching; drawing near; about to happen
► An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.
2. cunning
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► The system of production and distribution and consumption.
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
3. repugnant
► Connection or association; the condition of being related.
► Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
4. analyze
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
5. ominous
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen
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.