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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 Elementary 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. To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.

waver

momentum

replenish

imperious


2. A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

guarantee

document

clarify

specimen


3. To clarify or make something understandable

muster

acquire

illuminate

scarcity


4. A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

convey

sabotage

conspicuous

cause


5. The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

reflection

method

value

unsightly


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