Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PROACTIVE

DEFINITION:
Taking action to control a situation rather than responding to it after it has happened.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
LoPilato said the policy aims to be proactive, rather than allowing more violence to take place before regulating the problem.
The Los Angeles Times, 07/20/2026

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Words in the News Quiz
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. The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

Mitosis

Gerrymander

Irony

Kinetic


2. To show servile deference.

Kinetic

Pecuniary

Kowtow

Totalitarian


3. An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

Suffragist

Nonsectarian

Inculcate

Omnipotent


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

Inculcate

Omnipotent

Nadir

Metamorphosis


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

Taxonomy

Recapitulate

Temblor

Oligarchy


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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.