Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

ACCOST

DEFINITION:
To approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
As their identities became more public, the operators were even accosted in their off hours.
►The Anchorage Daily News, 09/21/2026

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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

► Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

► 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.

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

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

2. Belie

► Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

► Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

3. Parabola

► To make an accusation against.

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

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

► The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

4. Expurgate

► Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

► Tumultuous; stormy.

► To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication.

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

5. Euro

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

► Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.

► Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.

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

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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.