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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 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

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. Hegemony

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

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

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


2. Hubris

The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

To make an accusation against.

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


3. Vacuous

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

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.


4. Nomenclature

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

A system of names used in an art or science:

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.


5. Unctuous

Having a bad disposition; surly.

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

A part, portion, or share.


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