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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 

INCARCERATED

DEFINITION:
Confined in a jail or prison.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year.
The Los Angeles Times, 06/29/2026

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. Photosynthesis

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

To make an accusation against.


2. Parameter

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

To make an accusation against.

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary


3. Yeoman

A diligent, dependable worker.

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

Having one’s true identity concealed.

Playfully jocular; humorous


4. Mitosis

Playfully jocular; humorous

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

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


5. Totalitarian

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,


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