Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PAGER

DEFINITION:
A small radio device that receives alphanumeric messages.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Israel has not commented on the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and radios, which killed 37 people and wounded nearly 3,000 over two days this week, but it has been blamed by the Iran-backed group for the attacks.
Key West Citizen, 09/23/2024

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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. Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Supercilious

Belie

Reciprocal

Pecuniary


2. The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

Orthography

Facetious

Detritus

Recapitulate


3. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Detritus

Recapitulate

Gerrymander

Hypotenuse


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

Mitosis

Oxidize

Filibuster

Contradiction


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

Plasma

Enfranchise

Xenophobe

Tempestuous


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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.