Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INSPECTOR

DEFINITION:
An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are federal employees, and misconduct allegations are typically investigated by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility or by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of inspector General.
The Key West Citizen, 03/16/2026

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5 Middle 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. Accentuate

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


2. Tranquility

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


3. Vaccine

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline


4. Sacrifice

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.


5. Suffrage

The arrangement of events in time

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.


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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.