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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. Yeoman

► A diligent, dependable worker.

► Clear to the understanding.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

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


2. Hypotenuse

► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

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

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

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.


3. Chromosome

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

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

► A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

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


4. Tempestuous

► Tumultuous; stormy.

► To proceed completely around:

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

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.


5. Vacuous

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

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.


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