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This Week's Word In The News 

CONDOLENCE

DEFINITION:
An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden extended their “deepest condolences” to Comperatore’s family.
The Morning Cal, 07/15/2024

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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. Either of two points on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator.

Equinox

Recapitulate

Hypotenuse

Circumlocution


2. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy.

Pecuniary

Tautology

Contradiction

Oligarchy


3. Having one’s true identity concealed.

Jejune

Bowdlerize

Incognito

Xenophobe


4. Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

Chicanery

Incontrovertible

Obsequious

Fiduciary


5. Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

Kinetic

Lugubrious

Lexicon

Hubris


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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.