Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

WRANGLING

DEFINITION:
Moving a person or thing somewhere, usually with difficulty or using force.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The location in Alexandria, Louisiana, would remove logistical headaches caused by wrangling children from foster homes and shelters across the country and not having anywhere to put them during final preparations for flight.
►The Boston Herald, 07/13/2026

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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

► To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

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

2. Mitosis

► Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

► To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

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

3. Xenophobe

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

► A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality

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

► A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

4. Quasar

► Very talkative; garrulous.

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

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

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

5. Lexicon

► Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

► To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

► To make an accusation against.

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

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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.