Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONDUIT

DEFINITION:
A means of transmitting or distributing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s the only conduit for those without a direct relationship with Banksy to reach out to the artist, whose identity has never been confirmed.
►The Tampa Bay Times, 08/03/2026

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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. Jejune

► Not interesting; dull:

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

► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

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

2. Totalitarian

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

► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

3. Equinox

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

4. Parameter

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► Having a harmful effect; injurious.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

► The lowest point

5. Polymer

► Logical incongruity

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

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

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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.