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This Week's Word In The News 

CONDUIT

DEFINITION:
A means of transmitting or distributing.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
It’s the only conduit for those without a direct relationship with Banksy to reach out to the artist, whose identity has never been confirmed.
The Tampa Bay Times, 08/03/2026

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5 High 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. Gauche

Lacking social polish; tactless.

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

Not interesting; dull:

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


2. Vortex

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

Of or relating to money

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.


3. Gamete

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

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

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


4. Evanescent

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

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.


5. Infrastructure

Everyday; commonplace.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

Having a bad disposition; surly.


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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.