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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 

ENTICING

DEFINITION:
Arousing strong attraction or interest.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Meta makes enticing claims for Muse’s capabilities.
►The Los Angeles Times, 10/05/2026

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. Lexicon

► A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.


2. Soliloquy

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.


3. Nonsectarian

► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

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

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.


4. Nanotechnology

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

► The lowest point

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


5. Hegemony

► The lowest point

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

► Eating and drinking in moderation.

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


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