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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 

SEGREGATED

DEFINITION:
Kept separate or treated differently according to race, sex, religion, etc.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The other flag, dubbed “History,” is a nod to the Black experience in St. Petersburg, which was once heavily segregated.
The Key West Citizen, 10/13/2025

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

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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. Churlish

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

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

Having a bad disposition; surly.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.


2. Orthography

Lacking social polish; tactless.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

Architectural.

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


3. Suffragist

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.


4. Belie

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

To picture falsely; misrepresent.

Everyday; commonplace.

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.


5. Antebellum

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

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


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