Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

BILLIONAIRE

DEFINITION:
One whose wealth is estimated at a billion or more dollars, pounds, or other monetary units.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
About a dozen people took part in the “March for billionaires” on Saturday morning in San Francisco to raise awareness about the plight of the ultrarich.
The Los Angeles Times, 02/09/2026

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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. Antebellum

Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Division into ordered groups or categories.

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.


2. Moiety

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

A part, portion, or share.

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


3. Incontrovertible

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

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

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable


4. Detritus

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

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

A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

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.


5. Hegemony

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

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

A system of names used in an art or science:

Clear to the understanding.


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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.