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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 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

Words in the News Quiz
5 High School Words

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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. Notarize

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

Playfully jocular; humorous

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.


2. Hubris

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.


3. Nomenclature

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

A system of names used in an art or science:


4. Churlish

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

Having a bad disposition; surly.


5. Bowdlerize

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


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