Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Infrastructure

To bring under control; conquer.

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.

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.

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


2. Notarize

The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

Tumultuous; stormy.

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

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


3. Hypotenuse

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

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

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


4. Laissez faire

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

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

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.


5. Incontrovertible

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

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

To show servile deference.


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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.