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This Week's Word In The News 

DETRIMENTAL

DEFINITION:
Causing harm or damage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
With the A’s relocation process in motion, if the court found SB1 to be unconstitutional, it would be detrimental to the team and all parties involved in the stadium process, according to the A’s.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, 04/22/2024

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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. Obsequious

A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated.

Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

The science and technology of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.


2. Parabola

A part, portion, or share.

A plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the cone.

Warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious.

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree.


3. Mitosis

Tumultuous; stormy.

The process in cell division by which the nucleus divides.

Cheerfully confident; optimistic.

Having a bad disposition; surly.


4. Usurp

Everyday; commonplace.

The clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood, lymph, or intramuscular fluid in which cells are suspended.

To seize another’s place, authority, or possession wrongfully.

A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality


5. Feckless

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of.

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

Falling off or shed at a specific season or stage of growth:

Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.


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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.