Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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. Circumlocution

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

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

Noninterference in the affairs of others.


2. Notarize

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

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

Of the same or similar nature or kind

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.


3. Nonsectarian

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

To make an accusation against.

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.


4. Bellicose

Tumultuous; stormy.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

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

To bring under control; conquer.


5. Kowtow

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

To show servile deference.

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


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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.