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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.
This Week's Word In The News 

CONDUIT

DEFINITION:
A means of transmitting or distributing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s the only conduit for those without a direct relationship with Banksy to reach out to the artist, whose identity has never been confirmed.
The Tampa Bay Times, 08/03/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School 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. Antebellum

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

To bring under control; conquer.

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.


2. Oxidize

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

Having a bad disposition; surly.


3. Hegemony

Having a bad disposition; surly.

Architectural.

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.


4. Omnipotent

Eating and drinking in moderation.

Having one’s true identity concealed.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,


5. Gerrymander

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.


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