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. deft
► Quick and neat in action; skillful.
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
2. eavesdrop
► To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.
► The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
3. dispel
► To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
4. kindle
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
5. subside
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
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.