Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DETECTION

DEFINITION:
The action or process of identifying the presence of something concealed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He added that the district is also examining “various weapon detection systems on the market to see if any of them might be viable for us,” as well as state-of-the-art camera technology.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 09/15/2025

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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. Laissez faire

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► 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.

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

► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

2. Reciprocal

► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

► A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

► Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

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

3. Pecuniary

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

► Clear to the understanding.

► A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

► Of or relating to money

4. Suffragist

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

► The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

5. Homogeneous

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

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

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

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

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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.