Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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1. Renaissance

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► A rebirth or revival.

► Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels used for pleasure cruises or racing.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

2. Eclectic

► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal

3. Phloem

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

4. Typhoon

► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

5. Recede

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark

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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.