Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BREACH

DEFINITION:
An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The Cockroach Janata Party’s three leaders — Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka — were freed on condition that they commit “no breach of peace for one year,” Ratna Singh, the movement’s legal director, said in a social media post.
►Associated Press, 10/12/2026

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1. Enthusiastic

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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

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

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm


2. Hologram

► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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


3. Nebula

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

► A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief


4. Xylem

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

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

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.


5. Repose

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.


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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.