Words in the News

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

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1. Hieroglyphic

Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

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

Being without or almost without hope


2. Phloem

Being without or almost without hope

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

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 food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


3. Quandary

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

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


4. Rainforest

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

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

To stress or emphasize; intensify


5. Lichen

A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

Grossly offensive to decency or morality.


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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.