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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 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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. Circumnavigate

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

A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

To proceed completely around:


2. Quotidian

A part, portion, or share.

Everyday; commonplace.

Not interesting; dull:

Of or relating to money


3. Reparation

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

Lacking social polish; tactless.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.


4. Inculcate

Tumultuous; stormy.

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

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

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.


5. Vehement

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

To make an accusation against.

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.


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