Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SKEWED

DEFINITION:
Distorted or biased; giving an unfair or misleading view of something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He suggested the misnaming was intentional — and a reflection of the administration’s skewed priorities.
The Los Angeles Times, 06/23/2025

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5 Elementary 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. contortion

The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.


2. translucent

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it

Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something, esp. information.

To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.

The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.


3. attentive

To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.

The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

Brief, concise, to the point.

Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.


4. monotonous

A small hill or mound.

Having an unvarying tone or pitch

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.


5. impact

Bizarre, strange

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

Dependent on each other

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care


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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.