Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

DENIALISM

DEFINITION:
Bianco’s investigation, which includes all the ballots cast in Riverside County in November, raises questions about how he would handle the election denialism movement if he is elected governor.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The practice of denying the existence, truth, or validity of something despite proof or strong evidence that it is real, true, or valid.
►The Los Angeles Times, 03/23/2026

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1. Toxin

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► Being without or almost without hope

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

► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.

2. Guerrilla

► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.

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

► A member of an irregular, usually indigenous military or paramilitary unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy

3. Typhoon

► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.

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

► To condescend to give or grant

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

4. Malignant

► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.

► 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.

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

5. Exult

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.

► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.

► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant

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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.