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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONDUIT

DEFINITION:
A means of transmitting or distributing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s the only conduit for those without a direct relationship with Banksy to reach out to the artist, whose identity has never been confirmed.
The Tampa Bay Times, 08/03/2026

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5 High School Words

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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. Expurgate

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.


2. Circumnavigate

To proceed completely around:

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.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

Division into ordered groups or categories.


3. Nomenclature

A system of names used in an art or science:

Architectural.

Logical incongruity

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.


4. Laissez faire

Logical incongruity

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

A part, portion, or share.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.


5. Hemoglobin

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

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

To renounce under oath; forswear.

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


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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.