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This Week's Word In The News 

BOON

DEFINITION:
A thing that is helpful or beneficial.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A Miami World’s Fair would potentially result in a big tourism boon for the state and region, including the Florida Keys.
►The Key West Citizen, 01/26/2026

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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. Antebellum

► Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

► Of or relating to money

► 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.

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

2. Contradiction

► Of the same or similar nature or kind

► A product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; debris.

► Logical incongruity

► Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

3. Plasma

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

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

► Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

► Put together; created.

4. Yeoman

► Architectural.

► A diligent, dependable worker.

► A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

► The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

5. Nonsectarian

► The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

► To renounce under oath; forswear.

► Not limited to or associated with a particular religious denomination.

► The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.

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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.