Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PROACTIVE

DEFINITION:
Taking action to control a situation rather than responding to it after it has happened.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
LoPilato said the policy aims to be proactive, rather than allowing more violence to take place before regulating the problem.
The Los Angeles Times, 07/20/2026

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Words in the News Quiz
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. A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Pecuniary

Epiphany

Polymer

Notarize


2. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

Vehement

Ziggurat

Chromosome

Inculcate


3. Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance.

Hubris

Bowdlerize

Homogeneous

Jejune


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

Euro

Hypotenuse

Hemoglobin

Enervate


5. Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

Enervate

Precipitous

Sanguine

Obsequious


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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.