Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INSPECTOR

DEFINITION:
An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are federal employees, and misconduct allegations are typically investigated by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility or by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of inspector General.
The Key West Citizen, 03/16/2026

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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. A system of names used in an art or science:

Nomenclature

Soliloquy

Laissez faire

Equinox


2. A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

Infrastructure

Lexicon

Circumnavigate

Respiration


3. Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

Acumen

Nanotechnology

Xenophobe

Obsequious


4. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Enfranchise

Enervate

Abrogate

Inculcate


5. Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

Belie

Diffident

Nadir

Taxonomy


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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.