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 Elementary 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. economy

To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.

The system of production and distribution and consumption.

To start (a fire) or light (a torch).

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.


2. acquire

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

An inadequate amount of something; a shortage

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.


3. concoction

To attempt to stop the progression of.

A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

A mixture of various ingredients or elements.


4. ignite

A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

To set fire to (something), to light (something)

To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.


5. sociable

To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object

To make stable or firm; to confirm.

Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.


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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.