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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

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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. Nadir

► The lowest point

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

► To proceed completely around:

► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

2. Euro

► To proceed completely around:

► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

► Having a harmful effect; injurious.

► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

3. Obsequious

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

► Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

4. Epiphany

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

► Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

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

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

5. Incontrovertible

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

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

► An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

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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.