Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

SIMLUATED

DEFINITION:
Made to look like or have the features of something else.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Here’s the full simluated injury report:
►The Boston Herald, 02/02/2026

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5 High School Words

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1. Hegemony

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

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

► The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

2. Acumen

► To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

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

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

3. Totalitarian

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► Not interesting; dull:

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

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

4. Nadir

► Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

► The lowest point

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

► Put together; created.

5. Hubris

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

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

► Having a harmful effect; injurious.

► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

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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.