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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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. Analogy

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

2. Mosaic

► A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

3. Enthusiastic

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.

► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

4. Parasite

► The method or result of concealing personnel or equipment from an enemy by making them appear to be part of the natural surroundings

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

► The science and art of using all the forces of a nation to execute approved plans as effectively as possible during peace or war.

5. Quarantine

► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

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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.

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