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This Week's Word In The News 

SEGREGATED

DEFINITION:
Kept separate or treated differently according to race, sex, religion, etc.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The other flag, dubbed “History,” is a nod to the Black experience in St. Petersburg, which was once heavily segregated.
The Key West Citizen, 10/13/2025

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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. Nanotechnology

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

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill.

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

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.


2. Diffident

Lacking or marked by a lack of self-confidence; shy and timid.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

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

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


3. Bellicose

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

Having one’s true identity concealed.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

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


4. Polymer

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units,

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 lowest point

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.


5. Epiphany

The lowest point

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious.

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.


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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.