Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INCARCERATED

DEFINITION:
Confined in a jail or prison.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year.
The Los Angeles Times, 06/29/2026

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1. Deduction

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

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

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

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


2. Tempo

A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace

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

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


3. Commemorate

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

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

To honor the memory of with a ceremony


4. Malignant

Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

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


5. Hieroglyphic

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.

Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

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.


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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.