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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 

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

Words in the News Quiz
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. Hegemony

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

A part, portion, or share.


2. Enervate

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Lacking social polish; tactless.

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,


3. Nomenclature

A system of names used in an art or science:

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

To renounce under oath; forswear.


4. Churlish

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

Having a bad disposition; surly.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.


5. Photosynthesis

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

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.


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