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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

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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. destination

► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.

► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.

► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

2. meander

► Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

► To follow a winding course

► Open resistance; bold disobedience.

► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

3. observe

► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

► To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

► Quick and neat in action; skillful.

► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

4. influence

► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.

► Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.

► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

► The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

5. analyze

► A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

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

► To make happy, cheer up.

► Make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone.

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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.