Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INBOUND

DEFINITION:
Travelling towards a particular point or place rather than leaving it.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The runway was closed and inbound and outbound traffic was delayed for a few hours.
►The Key West Citizen, 06/22/2026

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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. Metamorphosis

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

► Clear to the understanding.

► Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

2. Reparation

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► A part, portion, or share.

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

3. Irony

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

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

4. Inculcate

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

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

► Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

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

5. Totalitarian

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► Not interesting; dull:

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

► To make an accusation against.

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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.