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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 

RESPIRATORY

DEFINITION:
Relating to breathing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
They weren’t warned to wear respiratory and other personal protection because the burning composite materials from the F-35 stealth fighter were releasing potentially harmful airborne particles and fibers, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
The Albuquerque Journal, 03/30/2026

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. Omnipotent

Put together; created.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Playfully jocular; humorous


2. Inculcate

Lacking social polish; tactless.

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

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.


3. Subjugate

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

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

To bring under control; conquer.

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.


4. Reparation

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

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.

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.


5. Unctuous

Very talkative; garrulous.

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

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.


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