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. egregious
► Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
2. chronological
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
3. scarcity
► An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
► The result or outcome of a cause.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► The extent to which something matters; importance
4. exhilarate
► The extent to which something matters; importance
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.
5. obscure
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
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.