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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5 Middle 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. Maneuver

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

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.

2. Cower

► To cringe in fear

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.

3. Yacht

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

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

4. Analogy

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

5. Spectrum

► The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

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

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

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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.