Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

WILDFIRE

DEFINITION:
An unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It was not yet clear how the wildfires started, but a long drought, low humidity and strong winds were fueling them.
The Key West Citizen, 04/27/2026

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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. Euro

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

A part, portion, or share.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.


2. Oxidize

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.


3. Supercilious

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

Playfully jocular; humorous


4. Mitosis

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

To proceed completely around:

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. Parameter

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

A system of names used in an art or science:

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.


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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.