Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BLEACH

DEFINITION:
To become white or pale. Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
If water temperatures remain above 84 degrees for a significant period, corals will begin to experience stress and start to bleach.
The Key West Citizen, 06/24/2024

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5 Elementary 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. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

cause

influence

method

ominous


2. An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

monotonous

bluff

jut

swagger


3. To set fire to (something), to light (something)

oppose

ignite

except

hasten


4. Open resistance; bold disobedience.

furtive

defiance

evidence

terse


5. To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

recluse

quell

ensure

zeal


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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.