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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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. Nihilism

► Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

► A form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life,

► A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

► A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

2. Belie

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

► The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

► To picture falsely; misrepresent.

► To modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing the content in a certain manner.

3. Gamete

► The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source.

► A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

► The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

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

4. Lucid

► A part, portion, or share.

► Clear to the understanding.

► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

► To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

5. Jejune

► Noninterference in the affairs of others.

► Not interesting; dull:

► Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.

► To make an accusation against.

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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.