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This Week's Word In The News 

DONNED

DEFINITION:
To have put something on, as in clothing or hats.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Quarterback Matthew Stafford donned his neoprene undergarment.
The Los Angeles Times, 01/19/2026

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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. Nanotechnology

Something done or paid to compensate or make amends.

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid.

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

Division into ordered groups or categories.


2. Nihilism

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

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

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

The basic unit of currency among participating European Union countries.


3. Mitosis

Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another.

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.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

The lowest point


4. Precipitous

Feeling or showing haughty disdain.

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

Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate.

Playfully jocular; humorous


5. Ziggurat

A sudden manifestation of the essence or meaning of something.

Lacking serious purpose or occupation; idle.

Noninterference in the affairs of others.

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


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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.