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. interpret
► To build or form something by assembling parts.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
2. scurry
► To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.
► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
3. hasten
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
4. attentive
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
5. illuminate
► So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.
► To completely engage the attention of.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
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.