Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLAY

DEFINITION:
A single bet that links together two or more individual wagers

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Then comes the parlay attempt.
The Key West Citizen, 01/05/2026

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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. Of the same or similar nature or kind

Temblor

Reparation

Homogeneous

Paradigm


2. Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

Kinetic

Lucid

Antebellum

Belie


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

Nihilism

Ziggurat

Jejune

Acumen


4. Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

Sanguine

Evanescent

Thermodynamics

Laissez faire


5. Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

Thermodynamics

Laissez faire

Precipitous

Vacuous


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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.