Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ACQUAINTANCE

DEFINITION:
A person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
When photographer Peter Turnley was just 20 years old, an acquaintance from the California Office of Economic Opportunity reached out to him with a question.
►The Los Angeles Times, 12/01/2025

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1. Accentuate

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► A rebirth or revival.

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

2. Spectrum

► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

► Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases.

► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.

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

3. Strategy

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

► A schedule of prices or fees.

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

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

4. Divulge

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

► To proclaim publicly

► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.

5. Exponent

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

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

► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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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.