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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RESPONSE

DEFINITION:
An answer to a question or a reaction to something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“And the response right away was ‘Sure!’”
The Reading Eagle, 09/07/2026

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5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Hypotenuse

Everyday; commonplace.

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.


2. Hegemony

A diligent, dependable worker.

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

Division into ordered groups or categories.


3. Ziggurat

Division into ordered groups or categories.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.


4. Gerrymander

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

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

A part, portion, or share.


5. Chromosome

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

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

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.


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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.