Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMULCAST

DEFINITION:
A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He was a commentator for the Lakers alongside the venerable Chick Hearn, doing what was then a simulcast of radio and television.
►The Los Angeles Times, 02/23/2026

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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. Diffident

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

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

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

► To proceed completely around:

2. Vehement

► A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

► Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.

► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

3. Notarize

► Clear to the understanding.

► Very talkative; garrulous.

► To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

4. Fatuous

► Not interesting; dull:

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

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

5. Metamorphosis

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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

► To bring under control; conquer.

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

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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.