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This Week's Word In The News 

RESILIENT

DEFINITION:
Someone able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“She was incredibly resilient, strong and decisive,” Jennings said in an interview with the Bay Area News Group.
The Los Angeles Daily News, 10/02/2023

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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. Vertebrate

A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.

A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

An embankment built to prevent flooding

Having a backbone or spinal column.


2. Tsunami

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

Of or relating to the range of invisible radiation wavelengths from about 4 nanometers, on the border of the x-ray region, to about 380 nanometers, just beyond the violet in the visible spectrum.

A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus


3. Labyrinth

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

To condescend to give or grant

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.


4. Ozone

One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.


5. Parasite

A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.

One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.

Being without or almost without hope

A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.


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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.