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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 Elementary 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. Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

swarm

various

compose

malleable


2. Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

area

reduce

symbolism

acquire


3. Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.

reference

egregious

exhilarate

influence


4. Bizarre, strange

outlandish

jut

current

interpret


5. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.

meticulous

barricade

convey

attentive


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