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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 

DEPLETE

DEFINITION:
To use up or consume a limited resource.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Councilor Brian Worrell is sounding off after a Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled that if the footage became public before trial, it would deplete the jury pool in the manslaughter case against Boston police officer Nick O’Malley.
The Boston Herald, 07/27/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. somber

Of a central nature, first and foremost

Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.

The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.


2. debris

The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

Anything that may be possible; a possibility

To clarify or make something understandable

Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed


3. gusto

Capable of doing many things competently

Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor

To stick out

To start (a fire) or light (a torch).


4. counter

The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

The dividing line or location between two areas.

A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.

Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary


5. exasperation

Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts

To bump into or brush against while in motion.

The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries


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