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This Week's Word In The News 

OLIGARCHY

DEFINITION:
Government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.
Albuquerque Journal, 01/20/2025

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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. Approaching; drawing near; about to happen

element

ominous

malleable

impending


2. To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

somber

acquire

uncanny

reflection


3. So difficult or taxing as to make one exhausted; backbreaking.

grueling

affect

economy

guarantee


4. The line that bounds a circle or other two-dimensional figure.

circumference

ensure

materialize

conspicuous


5. A pleasant smell or odour.

materialize

conspicuous

effect

fragrance


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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.