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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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5 High 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. Winnow

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

2. Impeach

► To make an accusation against.

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

3. Sanguine

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► Architectural.

4. Thermodynamics

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

► Architectural.

► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

5. Nadir

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

► The lowest point

► A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

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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.