Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

INCARCERATED

DEFINITION:
Confined in a jail or prison.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year.
►The Los Angeles Times, 06/29/2026

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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. Laissez faire

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

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

► Eating and drinking in moderation.

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

2. Ziggurat

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

► To show servile deference.

► The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

3. Nanotechnology

► The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

► Playfully jocular; humorous

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

4. Sanguine

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

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

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

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

5. Euro

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

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

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

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

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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.