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This Week's Word In The News 

BILLIONAIRE

DEFINITION:
One whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
About a dozen people took part in the “March for billionaires” on Saturday morning in San Francisco to raise awareness about the plight of the ultrarich.
The Los Angeles Times, 02/09/2026

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5 High School Words

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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. Tautology

Eating and drinking in moderation.

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.


2. Nomenclature

A system of names used in an art or science:

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

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

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


3. Gerrymander

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.


4. Jejune

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

Not interesting; dull:

Having a bad disposition; surly.


5. Oxidize

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.


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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.