Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

AMENDMENT

DEFINITION:
A formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal document.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Also, it includes six proposed constitutional amendments.
►The Key West Citizen-Herald, 10/07/2024

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5 High School Words

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1. Tempestuous

► Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

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

► Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

► Tumultuous; stormy.

2. Parabola

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

► Lacking social polish; tactless.

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

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

3. Jejune

► The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.

► Not interesting; dull:

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

► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

4. Laissez faire

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► The lowest point

5. Kinetic

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

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

► 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.

► Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

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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.