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. foresight
► The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
2. recuperate
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
3. obscure
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► Timid, fearful, overly cautious
4. uncanny
► Brief, concise, to the point.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way
5. circumference
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► To bump into or brush against while in motion.
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.