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This Week's Word In The News 

ROOSTER TAIL

DEFINITION:
A high-arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A second red flag was waved during the fifth race of the day when Rollin Transport got into a rooster tail on the turn of the first lap, resulting in the boat going onto its side before flipping.
The Key West Citizen, 11/10/2025

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1. Sect

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

A disorderly commotion or disturbance.

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


2. Deduction

Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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


3. Laconic

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

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

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


4. Eclectic

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles


5. Exponent

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace


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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.