Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESPIRATORY

DEFINITION:
Relating to breathing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
They weren’t warned to wear respiratory and other personal protection because the burning composite materials from the F-35 stealth fighter were releasing potentially harmful airborne particles and fibers, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque.
The Albuquerque Journal, 03/30/2026

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

Ziggurat

Jejune

Vortex

Equinox


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

Vortex

Equinox

Diffident

Vehement


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

Incontrovertible

Hubris

Winnow

Enfranchise


4. To bring under control; conquer.

Vacuous

Kowtow

Chromosome

Subjugate


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

Quotidian

Inculcate

Parameter

Contradiction


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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.