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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.
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

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle 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. Jovial

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Self-examination.


2. Quandary

A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.


3. Embargo

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.


4. Spectrum

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


5. Sect

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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