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. pristine
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2. defiance
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
3. infer
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
4. gusto
► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering
► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
5. compose
► To make something by merging parts.
► To cause to float easily or gently through the air
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
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.