Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

EXTINGUISH

DEFINITION:
To stop a fire or a light from burning. To bring to an end.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Fargo police responded and attempted to put the fire out before the Fargo Fire Department extinguished the fire.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, 08/31/2026

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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. Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

Nomenclature

Chromosome

Expurgate

Omnipotent


2. Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Kowtow

Nonsectarian

Incontrovertible

Vehement


3. To renounce under oath; forswear.

Homogeneous

Abjure

Reciprocal

Gauche


4. A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

Parameter

Inculcate

Tautology

Vortex


5. To proceed completely around:

Tautology

Vortex

Thermodynamics

Circumnavigate


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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.