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. meticulous
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.
2. commotion
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
3. dispel
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
4. method
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
5. concoction
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
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.