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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. Suffrage

A proportional part or share.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

The arrangement of events in time


2. Yacht

The arrangement of events in time

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.


3. Bizarre

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

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.


4. Gargoyle

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


5. Delegate

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

Self-examination.

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.


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