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. Spectrum

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

► Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

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

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

2. Vacillate

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

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

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

3. Exponent

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

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

► Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

► 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. Exult

► 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.

► The arrangement of events in time

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

► Being without or almost without hope

5. Enthusiastic

► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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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.