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. persistent
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
2. waver
► To make stable or firm; to confirm.
► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
► Of a central nature, first and foremost
3. interpret
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)
4. malleable
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
5. frequency
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.
► What something does or is used for.
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.