Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DETRIMENTAL

DEFINITION:
Causing harm or damage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the A’s relocation process in motion, if the court found SB1 to be unconstitutional, it would be detrimental to the team and all parties involved in the stadium process, according to the A’s.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 04/22/2024

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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. Soliloquy

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.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

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

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.


2. Incontrovertible

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

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

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

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


3. Reparation

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

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


4. Detritus

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

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

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

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


5. Metamorphosis

Playfully jocular; humorous

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

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

To picture falsely; misrepresent.


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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.