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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ADEQUATE

DEFINITION:
Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The National Park Service said the hikers, later identified as the Marvelous Microschool group, had tried to reach Arizona Hot Springs “without adequate preparation,” although Normoyle disputed that account.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 04/14/2025

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5 Elementary 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. Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries

brackish

infer

chronological

affect


2. Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.

chronological

affect

degree

analyze


3. A measurement one can compare to.

convey

reference

fragrance

method


4. What something does or is used for.

method

dispel

impending

function


5. An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

waft

bluff

contributions

precipice


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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.