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This Week's Word In The News 

MITIGATION

DEFINITION:
The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.
The Los Angeles Times, 06/01/2026

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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. Equinox

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


2. Yeoman

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

A diligent, dependable worker.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


3. Interpolate

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

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

Tumultuous; stormy.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.


4. Subjugate

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

To bring under control; conquer.

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.


5. Loquacious

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

Very talkative; garrulous.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.


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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.