Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLAY

DEFINITION:
A single bet that links together two or more individual wagers

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Then comes the parlay attempt.
The Key West Citizen, 01/05/2026

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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. Quarantine

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.

Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

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

The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals.


2. Accentuate

To stress or emphasize; intensify

The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.


3. Repose

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

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

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

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


4. Bizarre

Self-examination.

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

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

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd


5. Guerrilla

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

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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


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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.