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. obscure
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2. tactic
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
3. habitation
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
► To make something by merging parts.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.
4. falter
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
► Brief, concise, to the point.
5. circumference
► To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
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.