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 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. Ziggurat

The use of unnecessarily wordy and indirect language.

Eating and drinking in moderation.

A temple tower of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red blood cells of vertebrates.


2. Nanotechnology

Playfully jocular; humorous

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

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Deception by trickery or sophistry.


3. Lucid

To increase the positive charge or valence of (an element) by removing electrons.

Clear to the understanding.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.


4. Incontrovertible

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

An extremely distant, and thus old, celestial object whose power output is several thousand times that of our entire galaxy.

Impossible to dispute; unquestionable

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


5. Xenophobe

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

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

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

Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.


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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.