Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INBOUND

DEFINITION:
Travelling towards a particular point or place rather than leaving it.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The runway was closed and inbound and outbound traffic was delayed for a few hours.
The Key West Citizen, 06/22/2026

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5 Middle 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. Spectrum

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.


2. Random

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant


3. Vertebrate

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.


4. Introspection

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

Self-examination.

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


5. Voracious

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


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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.