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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RECOGNITION

DEFINITION:
Identifying someone or something previously encountered, or giving official approval, credit, or attention to an achievement.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“Mr. Simon, with the thanks of a grateful nation, community and state in recognition of your dedicated service and sacrifice and bravery to our country, it is an honor to award you your diploma. Congratulations,” Rasmusson said.
►The Forum, 11/16/2026

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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. infer

► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.

► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

► Strange or mysterious, esp. in an unsettling way

► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements


2. interdependence

► To finish successfully

► To end, to come to an end.

► Dependent on each other

► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.


3. luminous

► Emitting light; glowing brightly

► To make stable or firm; to confirm.

► To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

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


4. translucent

► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).

► Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it

► A glowing piece of coal or wood.

► The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time ; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.


5. relationship

► An individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values.

► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant

► Connection or association; the condition of being related.

► Having an unvarying tone or pitch


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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.