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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 

INFLUENCER

DEFINITION:
Someone who uses their online reputation to prompt people to buy things.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“We have a lot of influencers who’ve come in and a lot of community members who have seen us through social media and come in and sell,” said Jessica Lucero, owner of In The Middle.
The Albuquerque Journal, 08/17/2026

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. Ziggurat

To bring under control; conquer.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

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


2. Euro

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

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

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.


3. Plasma

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

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

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


4. Jejune

A part, portion, or share.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

Not interesting; dull:

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


5. Quasar

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

Put together; created.

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


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