Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DETECTION

DEFINITION:
The action or process of identifying the presence of something concealed.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
He added that the district is also examining “various weapon detection systems on the market to see if any of them might be viable for us,” as well as state-of-the-art camera technology.
►The Albuquerque Journal, 09/15/2025

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1. Hypocrisy

► Relating to a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.

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

► The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

2. Random

► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

► Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

► Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

3. Chronology

► The arrangement of events in time

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.

► The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.

4. Divulge

► To proclaim publicly

► Self-examination.

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

► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

5. Despondent

► Being without or almost without hope

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.

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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.