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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 

INSPECTOR

DEFINITION:
An official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed, especially in public services.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are federal employees, and misconduct allegations are typically investigated by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility or by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of inspector General.
►The Key West Citizen, 03/16/2026

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. Bandolier

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

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

► Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

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

2. Gargoyle

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

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

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

3. Camouflage

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► Having a backbone or spinal column.

► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.

4. Sect

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

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

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

► A proportional part or share.

5. Polygon

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

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

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► An embankment built to prevent flooding

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