Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONDUIT

DEFINITION:
A means of transmitting or distributing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s the only conduit for those without a direct relationship with Banksy to reach out to the artist, whose identity has never been confirmed.
The Tampa Bay Times, 08/03/2026

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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. Lichen

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

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.


2. Ultraviolet

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.


3. Exponent

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates


4. Mosaic

To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

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


5. Suffrage

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

A schedule of prices or fees.

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation


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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.