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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 Middle 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. Cower

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

To cringe in fear

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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


2. Tariff

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

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

The arrangement of events in time

A schedule of prices or fees.


3. Camouflage

The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.


4. Enthusiastic

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.


5. Accentuate

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.


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