Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLAY

DEFINITION:
A single bet that links together two or more individual wagers

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Then comes the parlay attempt.
►The Key West Citizen, 01/05/2026

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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. Churlish

► Tumultuous; stormy.

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

► Having a bad disposition; surly.

► Everyday; commonplace.

2. Antebellum

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

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

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

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

3. Recapitulate

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

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

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

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

4. Yeoman

► A diligent, dependable worker.

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

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

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

5. Oligarchy

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

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

► Put together; created.

► To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.

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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.