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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 

EXTINGUISH

DEFINITION:
To stop a fire or a light from burning. To bring to an end.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Fargo police responded and attempted to put the fire out before the Fargo Fire Department extinguished the fire.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, 08/31/2026

Words in the News Quiz
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. Moiety

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

A part, portion, or share.

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


2. Vehement

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

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

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


3. Bellicose

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


4. Lucid

Clear to the understanding.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

Everyday; commonplace.

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.


5. Totalitarian

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

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

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


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