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. egregious

Timid, fearful, overly cautious

To bring down the size, quantity, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower, to impair.

Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.


2. swarm

To attempt to stop the progression of.

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

A large or dense group of insects, esp. flying ones.

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


3. swagger

A bold, or arrogant strut.

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something.

The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements


4. aplomb

Self-confidence; poise; composure.

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

To make happy, cheer up.


5. meander

To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

To follow a winding course

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

To make smaller.


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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.