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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

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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. observe

To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

An inadequate amount of something; a shortage

Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary

The brink of a dangerous situation.


2. pristine

The brink of a dangerous situation.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied

A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,


3. influence

Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.


4. bluff

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness.

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it


5. accomplish

To finish successfully

More than half (50%) of some group

The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

Open resistance; bold disobedience.


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Common Core State Standard
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.