Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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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. Quasar

To insert or introduce between other elements or parts.

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.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.


2. Tempestuous

A system of names used in an art or science:

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

Tumultuous; stormy.

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


3. Metamorphosis

Playfully jocular; humorous

Architectural.

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.


4. Circumnavigate

A part, portion, or share.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

To proceed completely around:

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:


5. Vortex

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.


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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.