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This Week's Word In The News 

RENDERING

DEFINITION:
Giving something to someone.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The replay booth has been working overtime in the Stanley Cup Final, and the officials charged with rendering the final verdicts probably won’t be getting any comped dinners in Las Vegas anytime soon.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 06/08/2026

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5 High School Words

Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
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. Jejune

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

Not interesting; dull:


2. Parabola

A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

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

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

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


3. Abrogate

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

A system of names used in an art or science:

Logical incongruity

To abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority.


4. Suffragist

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.

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

To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.

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


5. Chromosome

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

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

A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.


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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.