Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INSPECTOR

DEFINITION:
An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are federal employees, and misconduct allegations are typically investigated by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility or by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of inspector General.
►The Key West Citizen, 03/16/2026

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1. Metaphor

► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

► A rebirth or revival.

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

► To condescend to give or grant

2. Quota

► To condescend to give or grant

► An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

► A proportional part or share.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

3. Antibody

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

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

► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

4. Boisterous

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

5. Malignant

► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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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.