Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

PARLIAMENTARIAN

DEFINITION:
A consultant who advises the presiding officer and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Mia Cooper, a parliamentarian for the district, brought her daughter to district meetings and state-level education forums as the girl grew up.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/09/2026

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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. Lexicon

Eating and drinking in moderation.

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

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


2. Taxonomy

Division into ordered groups or categories.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.


3. Bellicose

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

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.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.


4. Parameter

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

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

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.


5. Metamorphosis

Interchanged, given, or owed to each other.

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

Everyday; commonplace.

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


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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.