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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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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. Incontrovertible

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.


2. Tautology

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

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.


3. Facetious

Playfully jocular; humorous

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

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary


4. Kinetic

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.


5. Usurp

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

Logical incongruity

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

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.


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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.