Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

RECIPROCAL

DEFINITION:
Given, felt, or done in return. Reward the positive or punish the negative.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the reciprocal tariffs, Trump is effectively blowing up the rules governing world trade.
The Albuquerque Journal, 07/14/2025

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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. Suffragist

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

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

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.


2. Metamorphosis

Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

To certify or attest to (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) as a notary public.

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

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


3. Unctuous

To repeat in concise form. To make a summary.

Characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness.

Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

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


4. Parabola

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

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

A stock of terms used in a particular profession, subject, or style; a vocabulary:

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.


5. Soliloquy

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

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.

Not interesting; dull:

To show servile deference.


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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.