Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

CONDOLENCE

DEFINITION:
An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden extended their “deepest condolences” to Comperatore’s family.
The Morning Cal, 07/15/2024

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1. Antibody

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


2. Vertebrate

Having a backbone or spinal column.

To stress or emphasize; intensify

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

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.


3. Mutation

A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

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

A cult or religious movement, a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) political and/or religious beliefs.


4. Labyrinth

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

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

A schedule of prices or fees.

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


5. Stereotype

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion

A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

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

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.


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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.