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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 

CANVASS

DEFINITION:
A systematic approach to interviewing residents, merchants, and others who are in the immediate vicinity of a crime and may have useful information.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
In a press release, police said Lewisville Fire Department officials pronounced the man deceased on the scene. Police started a homicide investigation immediately, and canvassed the area in search of witnesses.
The Denton Record-Chronicle, 09/14/2026

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. Flourish

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

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

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


2. Voracious

Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.


3. Toxin

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

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

A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct


4. Cower

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

To cringe in fear

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.


5. Enthusiastic

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

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


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