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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. Abstemious

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

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

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.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


2. Enervate

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

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

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

To renounce under oath; forswear.


3. Interpolate

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Of or relating to money

Noninterference in the affairs of others.


4. Lexicon

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

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

Having a bad disposition; surly.


5. Evanescent

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

To bring under control; conquer.

A diligent, dependable worker.

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.


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