Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

VIABLE

DEFINITION:
Able to work as intended or able to succeed. Able to continue to exist.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Trump contended that without that surplus, “Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country.
Alaska Dispatch, 02/03/2025

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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. Nonsectarian

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

Eating and drinking in moderation.


2. Abrogate

Eating and drinking in moderation.

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

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.


3. Abjure

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

To renounce under oath; forswear.

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

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.


4. Wrought

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.

Put together; created.

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

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


5. Jejune

Not interesting; dull:

A diligent, dependable worker.

To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

To make an accusation against.


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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.