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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. Winnow

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► A part, portion, or share.

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

2. Sanguine

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

3. Temblor

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

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

4. Hegemony

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

► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

► The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

5. Recapitulate

► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

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

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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.