Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ENTICING

DEFINITION:
Arousing strong attraction or interest.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Meta makes enticing claims for Muse’s capabilities.
►The Los Angeles Times, 10/05/2026

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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. Photosynthesis

► Architectural.

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

► Lacking social polish; tactless.

2. Obsequious

► Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

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

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

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

3. Incontrovertible

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

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► Having one’s true identity concealed.

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

4. Parabola

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

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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

5. Infrastructure

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

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

► Division into ordered groups or categories.

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

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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.