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This Week's Word In The News 

SUREFIRE

DEFINITION:
Certain or likely, especially to succeed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Kirby taught himself how to count cards, a surefire way to get barred from gambling at a casino, “raking in money on trips to Atlantic City and Las Vegas,” the article stated.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 05/04/2026

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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. Hologram

To honor the memory of with a ceremony

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

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

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.


2. Renaissance

A rebirth or revival.

Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

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

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.


3. Embargo

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

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit


4. Plateau

To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

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

Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.


5. Levee

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

An embankment built to prevent flooding

To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant


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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.