Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

LANGUISH

DEFINITION:
Existing in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time:

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Biden’s aid request has languished for as long as Johnson has been speaker.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/18/2024

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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. Precipitous

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

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

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.


2. Metamorphosis

Physics that deals with the relationships and conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

A marked change in appearance, character, condition, or function.


3. Hegemony

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

The predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others.

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.


4. Filibuster

Having a bad disposition; surly.

Having a harmful effect; injurious.

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

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


5. Fatuous

Everyday; commonplace.

Tumultuous; stormy.

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish.


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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.