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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 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. Incognito

Having one’s true identity concealed.

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.


2. Interpolate

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Tumultuous; stormy.


3. Gauche

Lacking social polish; tactless.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

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


4. Parabola

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

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

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.


5. Reciprocal

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Very talkative; garrulous.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:


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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.