Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BRAZEN

DEFINITION:
Not ashamed of or embarrassed by one's bad behavior.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
As bold as he was when fighting his tickets, he was equally brazen in his professional life.
►The Chicago Tribune, 06/05/2023

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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. Orthography

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► 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.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

2. Filibuster

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

3. Moiety

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

► Of or relating to money

► A part, portion, or share.

4. Mitosis

► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

5. Kinetic

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

► An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

► A system of names used in an art or science:

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

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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.