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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. Solstice

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

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

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

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


2. Bandolier

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

A schedule of prices or fees.

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

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.


3. Chronology

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

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The arrangement of events in time


4. Tsunami

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


5. Mutation

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.


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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.