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 Elementary Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. circumference

An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.

The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.


2. influence

Allowing light to pass through but diffusing it

A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

Progress toward a goal.


3. recuperate

A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.

A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)

To recover, especially from an illness; to get better from an illness.


4. outlandish

To start (a fire) or light (a torch).

Bizarre, strange

Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress


5. majority

Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress

Self-confidence; poise; composure.

So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

More than half (50%) of some group


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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.