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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 

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

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. Gauche

To proceed completely around:

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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

Lacking social polish; tactless.


2. Chromosome

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

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

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

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.


3. Feckless

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.


4. Nanotechnology

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

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.


5. Wrought

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

Clear to the understanding.

Put together; created.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.


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