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Words in the News

This Week's Word In The News 

LANGUISH

DEFINITION:
Existing in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time:

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Biden’s aid request has languished for as long as Johnson has been speaker.
The Los Angeles Times, 03/18/2024

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5 High School 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. The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.

Unctuous

Filibuster

Enervate

Vortex


2. To proceed completely around:

Vortex

Expurgate

Impeach

Circumnavigate


3. A factor that determines a range of variations; a boundary

Parameter

Reparation

Incognito

Infrastructure


4. Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.

Taxonomy

Oligarchy

Tectonic

Deciduous


5. A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

Soliloquy

Homogeneous

Lucid

Gerrymander


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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.