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. Churlish

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

Having a bad disposition; surly.

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

To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.


2. Xenophobe

A system of names used in an art or science:

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

To make an accusation against.


3. Irony

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

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.


4. Hubris

Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.


5. Filibuster

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.


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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.