Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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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. Subjugate

► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

► Put together; created.

► To bring under control; conquer.

2. Enfranchise

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

► Very talkative; garrulous.

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

► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

3. Hubris

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

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

► The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

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

4. Epiphany

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

► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

► Not interesting; dull:

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

5. Circumnavigate

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

► To proceed completely around:

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

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

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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.