Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Division into ordered groups or categories.

Paradigm

Nadir

Taxonomy

Hubris


2. Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.

Fatuous

Xenophobe

Thermodynamics

Tectonic


3. To renounce under oath; forswear.

Nihilism

Abjure

Totalitarian

Quasar


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

Quasar

Gauche

Respiration

Usurp


5. To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

Loquacious

Notarize

Hegemony

Chicanery


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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.