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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 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. deft

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.

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

Quick and neat in action; skillful.


2. translucent

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

To finish successfully

Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it


3. grueling

Obvious or easy to notice.

A glowing piece of coal or wood.

A process of compensation for losses.

So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.


4. brandish

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

A measurement one can compare to.

To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

A particular geographic region.


5. element

Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.

A mixture of various ingredients or elements.

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

Flexible, liable to change.


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