Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ANTAGONIZING

DEFINITION:
Causing someone to become hostile or angry,

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
"We’ve received reports of police antagonizing protesters, too, so we’re looking into that."
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/16/2025

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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. Yeoman

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

► A diligent, dependable worker.

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

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

2. Incognito

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

► 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.

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

► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

3. Gamete

► A part, portion, or share.

► 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.

► Architectural.

► 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.

4. Kowtow

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

► To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

► To show servile deference.

► Having a bad disposition; surly.

5. Subjugate

► Clear to the understanding.

► Everyday; commonplace.

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

► To bring under control; conquer.

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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.