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This Week's Word In The News 

DISCERN

DEFINITION:
To see, recognize, or understand something that is not clear.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
As you can discern, we have a rather complex group of vehicle violations that need to be cured.
►The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 10/26/2026

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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. Oxidize

► To bring under control; conquer.

► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

2. Epiphany

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

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

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

► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

3. Chromosome

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

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

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

► Not interesting; dull:

4. Acumen

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

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

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

► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

5. Hemoglobin

► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

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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.