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This Week's Word In The News 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

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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. Decorum

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation


2. Deduction

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

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


3. Enthusiastic

A rebirth or revival.

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

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

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm


4. Exult

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.


5. Suffrage

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


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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.