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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 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

Words in the News Quiz
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. boundary

The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

The dividing line or location between two areas.

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

Having an unvarying tone or pitch


2. concoction

Brief, concise, to the point.

More than half (50%) of some group

A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

To waver or be unsteady.


3. translucent

To make something by merging parts.

Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it


4. malleable

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

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)

Flexible, liable to change.


5. imperious

To stick out

A small hill or mound.

To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering


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