Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DISABILITY

DEFINITION:
A physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain tasks or participate in daily activities.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The agreement last week between Disability-rights groups and Secretary of State Shirley Weber follows an Oct. 2 ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of San Francisco that the current system violates the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws.
►San Francisco Chronicle, 11/02/2026

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5 Elementary 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. deft

► To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

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

► Quick and neat in action; skillful.

► Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries

2. gusto

► Enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor

► 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.

► Flexible, liable to change.

► Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

3. defiance

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

► Open resistance; bold disobedience.

► The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

► Dependent on each other

4. unsightly

► Dependent on each other

► To cause to float easily or gently through the air

► Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions)

► Displeasing to the eye

5. source

► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.

► To end, to come to an end.

► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.

► 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.

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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.