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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 

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

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. Gauche

Lacking social polish; tactless.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

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

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


2. Nihilism

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

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.


3. Parameter

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

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

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

A part, portion, or share.


4. Auspicious

A part, portion, or share.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

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


5. Nadir

The lowest point

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

Not interesting; dull:

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.


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