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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Auspicious

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

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


2. Epiphany

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

A diligent, dependable worker.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.


3. Oligarchy

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

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.


4. Tectonic

A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

To bring under control; conquer.

Architectural.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.


5. Omnipotent

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

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

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

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.


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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.