Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
►The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Quotidian

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

► Of or relating to money

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

► Everyday; commonplace.

2. Lucid

► Clear to the understanding.

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

► Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

► To divide (a geographic area) into voting districts so as to give unfair advantage to one party in elections.

3. Suffragist

► An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

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

► A system of names used in an art or science:

► Tumultuous; stormy.

4. Lexicon

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

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

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

► Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

5. Parabola

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

► To separate or get rid of (an undesirable part); eliminate.

► To show servile deference.

► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

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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.