Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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. Usurp

► Eating and drinking in moderation.

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

► To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

► Having a harmful effect; injurious.

2. Enervate

► To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

► Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

► Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

► Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

3. Hypotenuse

► The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

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

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

4. Filibuster

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

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

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

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

5. Gamete

► The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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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.