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. Obsequious

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

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

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.


2. Respiration

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

Playfully jocular; humorous

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.


3. Hegemony

To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

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

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

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


4. Yeoman

A diligent, dependable worker.

Division into ordered groups or categories.

Clear to the understanding.

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


5. Interpolate

Clear to the understanding.

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

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.


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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.