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Words in the News

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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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. Vortex

Logical incongruity

Having a bad disposition; surly.

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

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.


2. Nanotechnology

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

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

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.


3. Abjure

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

To renounce under oath; forswear.

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

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.


4. Quasar

To picture falsely; misrepresent.

A system of names used in an art or science:

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.


5. Ziggurat

To bring under control; conquer.

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

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

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


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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.