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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

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. Yeoman

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

A diligent, dependable worker.

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.


2. Gauche

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Lacking social polish; tactless.

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:


3. Soliloquy

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

Having a bad disposition; surly.

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.


4. Detritus

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

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

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.


5. Inculcate

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

To proceed completely around:

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

Everyday; commonplace.


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