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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 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. Recapitulate

Architectural.

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.


2. Churlish

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

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

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

Having a bad disposition; surly.


3. Oxidize

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

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

Of the same or similar nature or kind


4. Bowdlerize

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

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

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

A system of names used in an art or science:


5. Omnipotent

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

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

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

Noninterference in the affairs of others.


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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.