Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INSPECTOR

DEFINITION:
An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are federal employees, and misconduct allegations are typically investigated by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility or by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of inspector General.
►The Key West Citizen, 03/16/2026

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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. Tempestuous

► Tumultuous; stormy.

► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

► Logical incongruity

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

2. Bellicose

► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

3. Obsequious

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

► Playfully jocular; humorous

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

4. Abjure

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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

5. Xenophobe

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► To proceed completely around:

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

► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

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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.