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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

EVANGELIST

DEFINITION:
An enthusiastic advocate.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Trump portrayed Means — a 37-year-old Stanford medical school graduate and author who describes herself on LinkedIn as a “former surgeon turned metabolic health evangelist” — in his announcement as fully in sync with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to “Make America Healthy Again.”
The Los Angeles Times, 05/12/2025

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5 Elementary 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. guarantee

The extent to which something matters; importance

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

To bump into or brush against while in motion.


2. sabotage

An inadequate amount of something; a shortage

The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

A deliberate action aimed at weakening an enemy through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.

Specifically, giving indication of a coming ill; being an evil omen


3. reflection

The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it

To run away with quick light steps, to scamper.

Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant

Bizarre, strange


4. multitude

Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant

Bizarre, strange

To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize.

A great amount or number, often of people.


5. infer

An opponent or rival.

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.

A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care

Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements


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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.