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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 

PLOY

DEFINITION:
A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“First of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” said the 44th president, conceding that it does serve as an effective distraction and ploy for attention.
The Boston Herald, 02/16/2026

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. Notarize

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.


2. Chromosome

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

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


3. Vortex

Lacking social polish; tactless.

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.


4. Oligarchy

A diligent, dependable worker.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.


5. Tautology

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

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


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