Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DEPLETE

DEFINITION:
To use up or consume a limited resource.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Councilor Brian Worrell is sounding off after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled that if the footage became public before trial, it would deplete the jury pool in the manslaughter case against Boston police officer Nick O’Malley.
The Boston Herald, 07/27/2026

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5 Elementary 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. knoll

The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.

The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

A small hill or mound.


2. degree

Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

To bump into or brush against while in motion.

To make stable or firm; to confirm.


3. tactic

The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

More than half (50%) of some group

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


4. cause

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion

The source or reason of an event or action

Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread

A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.


5. counter

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering

To come into view.


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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.