Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

MITIGATION

DEFINITION:
The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.
►The Los Angeles Times, 06/01/2026

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5 High School Words

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1. Abrogate

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

► To proceed completely around:

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

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

2. Impeach

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

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

► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

► To make an accusation against.

3. Abstemious

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

► Eating and drinking in moderation.

4. Vehement

► Shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane.

► Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

► Clear to the understanding.

5. Inculcate

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

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

► An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

► A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it.

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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.