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. minority
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
► A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.
► Having an unvarying tone or pitch
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
2. malleable
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.
3. compromise
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
► Anything that assures a certain outcome.
4. except
► To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
► The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
5. unsightly
► Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
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.