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 Middle 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. Protagonist

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

A form of a verb that in some languages, such as English, can function independently as an adjective.


2. Random

Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.


3. Divulge

To proclaim publicly

The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.


4. Tundra

Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

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


5. Repose

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

Having or demonstrating enthusiasm

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


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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.